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Categorising devices: Ignore, Unfitted, or Uncategorised?
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FIXED – Issues when generating ODB++ netlists using Altium Designer 17.0
The original post referred to an issue with Altium Designer 17.0. This issue was fixed in Altium Designer 17.1.5. Using the current version of Altium Designer to update ODB++ netlists created in Altium Designer 16 or earlier will no longer cause problems with your XJTAG project. However, if you have created an XJTAG project using a netlist exported from Altium [...]
Testing XJLink hardware
We understand that sometimes (for your own sanity if nothing else) you need to test that your test equipment is working. For this reason, it is possible to run a health-check on XJLink2 hardware (and XJLink2-based hardware) using the self-test feature available in the XJLink Manager. The self test can be run with or without a loopback connector but should [...]
Connection Test output viewer
From XJTAG version 3.5, users are now able to view all the test data from the automated Connection Test by clicking on a link at the end of the Connection Test results within XJDeveloper, XJRunner, or formatted log files in the XJTAG Log File Viewer. The full output viewer shows the test data for one run of Connection Test at [...]
64 bit version of XJTAG
Since Windows Vista, Microsoft has offered 64 bit versions of Windows for 64 bit hardware and today almost every new machine will come with a 64 bit version of Windows. 64 bit Windows is still able to run 32 bit applications and up until now XJTAG has only been available as a 32 bit application. With the release of XJTAG [...]
Input parameters for test functions
Until now, XJRunner tests have been limited to functions which have no input arguments and a single return argument (which returns the result). XJTAG v3.5 relaxes that restriction, allowing input in XJRunner tests, though there is still a requirement to have a single return argument for the result. […]