Welcome to the XJTAG support blog
This is your go-to space for tips, insights, and updates straight from the XJTAG development and support team. We’re here to help you get the most out of your XJTAG system by sharing our knowledge, experience, and best practices. You’ll find posts highlighting particular features of the different software packages that make up the XJTAG development system or aspects of the XJEase language.
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Debugging Connection Test – part 3
Solving common Connection Test problems There are several types of error found by Connection Test which regularly (and unsurprisingly) confuse users. This article tries to help out… […]
Netlist Formats
In versions of XJTAG prior to 2.0, the system supported just four netlist formats: RINF, EDIF 2, PADS PCB and Protel. The parsers for these netlists were written carefully against specifications for the formats where possible, and so should reliably parse all valid netlists in those formats. […]
Debugging Connection Test – part 2
Understanding the connection test output When Connection Test finds an error on a board it tries to ascertain what the problem is. This may involve carrying out additional checks, to try to eliminate noise on a floating net or cross-talk as a cause of the behaviour. If the fault appears to be genuine then the Connection Test reports the error. [...]
Pack Files
This post covers XJPack files – the XJTAG mechanism for deploying your tests to production. XJDeveloper is used to write your tests and can run your tests whilst you are creating them. In a future version it will also integrate the debugging functionality of the command line tool XJDebug to allow you to debug your tests from within XJDeveloper. [...]
XJTAG Support Website
This post explores the wealth of information available on the XJTAG Support Webpage. Knowledge Base Answers to common questions we receive about XJTAG. Before contacting support it is a good idea to check here first to see if your question is answered. There will be future posts exploring some of these questions in more detail. […]
Netlist Explorer
This post details the Netlist Explorer in XJDeveloper, a very useful tool in XJDeveloper for finding out how things are connected in the netlist. It also shows relevant properties for each item. Launching the explorer Currently the Netlist Explorer is a modal dialog which means you have to close it before you can use the rest of XJDeveloper. We hope [...]