A new WRITEABLE function in XJEase
For many years, the XJEase language has had the READABLE and WRITEABLE built-in functions. Their purpose is to try to work out whether it’s possible to read or write a pin before trying to do so. […]
XJEase Waveform Viewer updated in version 3.8.3
Version 3.8.3 of XJTAG comes with some usability updates for the new XJEase Waveform Viewer. Tool tip information, event labels, and a context menu for pin navigation and source tracking has been added. […]
XJEase Waveform Viewer in XJDeveloper
From XJTAG version 3.8, the XJEase debugger in XJDeveloper now comes with a Waveform View providing more information about the XJEase code being executed. The XJEase Waveform View is designed to show you what your tests actually did in a style similar to that of a logic analyser, however instead of the bottom axis representing time, it shows the number of scans since the start of the capture. […]
Using the Analyser screen to debug initialisation issues
The blog article ‘Debugging Connection Test – part 1 (Updated)’ discusses how to use ‘Debug Connection Test’ to identify a missing disable value. However, if a disable value is set to the wrong value, i.e. low rather than high, then it could prevent the Debug Connection Test from running at all. In this case, XJDeveloper’s Analyser screen can be used to help locate the issue. […]
XJEase Call Stack
From XJTAG version 3.6, the XJEase debugger in XJDeveloper now comes with a Call Stack window providing more information about the XJEase code being executed. […]
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 never be run with the XJLink connected to test hardware. […]
Debugging Connection Test – part 1 (Updated)
This post is an update to the original “Debugging Connection Test (part 1)” post – over time several features in XJTAG have changed considerably and may be hard to find by following my original post. […]
XJEase Debugger
An interactive XJEase debugger was added in XJTAG 3.2. This can be used to help find problems in your XJEase code. […]
XJTAG version 3.2
A new major version of XJTAG – version 3.2 – 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 how this situation can happen. […]