XJTAG version 4.2
A new version of XJTAG – version 4.2 – has been released, containing updates and new features. It is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]
Windows 10 support
Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025. This means that after this date updates to fix security issues will not generally be available and so machines running Windows 10 will be more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. […]
Faster test setup; new XJTAG release
XJTAG recently released XJTAG 4.1.3 with feature enhancements to XJDeveloper, XJAnalyser and XJInvestigator, along with an updated XJEase library – version 194. […]
Octal SPI NOR Flash Support Now Available in XJTAG
With the release of XJEase Library build 192 we included a notable update to the SPI NOR Flash test files: support for Octal SPI NOR Flash devices[1], also known as OSPI or OPI. Octal SPI NOR Flash is a variant of SPI NOR Flash that supports the use of an 8-bit bidirectional I/O bus for [...]
Errors in Intel Agilex BSDL files
We have recently seen Agilex BSDL files that cause XJDeveloper to emit errors looking like the image below. The cause of this is a mismatch of information. […]
Tips for setting up an XJLink-PF40 pin mapping
With the release of the XJLink-PF40 and XJTAG 4.1, setting up your pin mapping might have just got a bit more complicated. The XJLink-PF40 supports twice as many TAPs (8) and has twice as many I/O pins (40) as the XJLink2 so there can be more work involved in setup. Luckily, XJDeveloper 4.1 contains some [...]
DDR5 support in XJTAG
We are starting to see an increased number of questions about support for DDR5 DIMMs and SDRAM devices, which are rapidly becoming mainstream. Support for DDR5 devices will be added to the XJEase Library in the near future, but in the meantime XJTAG can now make DDR5 models available on request to customers with a [...]
XJEase Library Release 183 details
Here is a summary of the additions to the XJEase library made recently in library version 183. Note: Some files in this library require an XJTAG software version of at least 3.10.6. […]
Extending XJTAG’s Signal Integrity Error Analysis
Continuing from XJTAG 3.12’s Enhanced Signal Integrity Analysis feature (see here and here), XJTAG 3.13 brings more algorithms to help identify potential issues with the JTAG chain. This article describes more of the symptoms it can spot and their likely causes. […]
Expanding Enhanced Signal Integrity Error Analysis
XJTAG 3.12 expanded the capability of the Signal Integrity Analysis in XJTAG tools, adding the ability to suggest certain causes of error. This post continues from the previous post on this subject, and describes further errors that XJTAG tries to identify. […]