JTAG Technologies Introduces 'SCIP' for In-System Programming

JTAG Technologies launches an array of device programming options utilising serial protocols

(PresseBox) Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 29.06.2010, JTAG Technologies, a leading worldwide provider of board test and device programming tools based chiefly on IEEE Std 1149.x, has broadened its portfolio by offering device programming solutions for an array of serial bus types, including SMBus, SPI, I2C and MicroWire.

Classified by their Serial Controlled IC Programmer (SCIP) grouping, JTAG Technologies is pleased to announce an unrivalled range of support for the insystem programming of devices from the world's leading silicon vendors. SCIP has solved several difficulties.

Whilst many highly integrated microprocessors, DSPs and CPLDs use the JTAG (IEEE Std. 1149 or 1532) Test Access Port as the interface to program internal flash memory, some devices use nonstandard instructions and protocols for the communication. What's more, other, generally smaller footprint, devices may use a different physical interface entirely; one that often uses fewer pins than the standard boundaryscan four or five pin TAP.

To enable manufacturers of PCBs using multivendor, multiprotocol processors JTAG Technologies leveraged existing knowledge of serial programming via regular JTAG to support busses such as SMBus, SPI, I2C and MicroWire.

So that users can modify existing hardware to cope with the various different programming interfaces JTAG Technologies have added further modules to their existing 'SCIL' (Scan Configurable Interface Logic) range.

The new range of SCIL modules are supplied as 'swappable' interfaces that can convert JTAG DataBlaster hardware (eg JT 37x7 or JT 3710) into a protocolspecific device programmer or tester.

One early user, of SCIP and SCIL components works in the manufacture and test of advanced automotive engine management systems (ECUs) in the UK:
"Using JTAG Technologies' products has allowed us to refine our ISP tools and greatly simplify test fixtures. Integrating the SCIL module onto our Agilent Pin Card was straightforward and allowed us to control programming steps via a 3070 TestPlan. We anticipate cost reductions that our customers greatly appreciate."

Interested parties can download the new SCIP brochure highlighting all supported devices from www.jtag.com

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JTAG Technologies is a market leader and technology innovator of boundaryscan software and hardware products and services, focusing on the development of boundaryscan technology. The company was the first to bring to the market such important advances as automated test generation, automated flash and PLD programming via boundaryscan, and visualized boundaryscan analysis. Its customers include world leaders in electronics design and manufacturing such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Flextronics, Honeywell, Medtronic, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Raytheon, Rockwell-Collins, Samsung, and Sony. Its innovative boundaryscan products provide test development, test execution, coverage analysis and insystem programming applications. With an installed base of over 6,000 systems worldwide, JTAG Technologies serves the communications, medical electronics, avionics, defense, automotive, and consumer industries with offices throughout NorthAmerica, Europe and Asia. JTAG Technologies headquarters are located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

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