XJTAG version 3.0
A new major version of XJTAG – version 3.0 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]
XJTAG version 2.7
A new major version of XJTAG – version 2.7 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]
How can Checkchain pass but Connection test report “broken chain”?
This is a common question during the development of a test system. The problem generally occurs when a board is first run, and stems from a slight misunderstanding of what Checkchain is designed to do. This article therefore attempts to explain the difference between the Checkchain function and all other tests, in order to explain [...]
XJTAG version 2.6
A new major version of XJTAG – version 2.6 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]
The Safe bitstream
The Safe bitstream gets mentioned occasionally in our documentation and warning/error messages and this blog post attempts to shed some light on what it is and what it’s used for. […]
Programming the TI MSP430 Microcontroller
Although it has a JTAG port, the TI MSP430 microcontroller is not a boundary scan capable device. Instead of the standard boundary scan registers there is a set of registers that allow the various functions of the device to be accessed and configured. […]
XJTAG version 2.5
The latest version of XJTAG, version 2.5, is now available to customers who are in maintenance. […]
Categorising devices in XJDeveloper – 10 rules of thumb
We asked one of the guys in-house who works with XJDeveloper most of the time to give some tips from his experience of setting up projects, and here is what he came up with: […]
Using CONNECT vs PULL in PDD files
Why use CONNECT not PULL for low-value pull resistors? When a resistor is specified as a pull resistor the XJTAG system will expect two things: […]
XJTAG Boundary Scan Testing with OMAP 35xx devices
Texas Instruments’ OMAP processors are becoming more and more popular. We have seen quite a few come through the office recently. The good news is that the OMAP processors do support boundary scan testing. […]