Publication date: 21 January 2010
JTAG Technologies has announced an interim update to its renowned ProVision™ boundary-scan development tools-suite that includes the new continuity test module ‘Buzz’. Service Pack 1 for CD release 15 (CD15-SP1) is available immediately for download, from www.jtag.com, for licensed users with current support contracts.
JTAG ProVision™, first released in 2006, uses a unique project database structure, automatically analysing the boundary-scan and non-boundary-scan elements of a design to create rapidly a full set of tests and in-system programming applications.
The new Buzz module – initially introduced as part of the JTAG Live™ family - allows users, with minimal design information, to check quickly the continuity between two or more pins without the need to import detailed design (netlist) information. Using an intuitive user interface, users can quickly drag and drop pins into a continuity test panel within the user interface and ‘Buzz-out’ a connection - as might be traditionally done using a digital multimeter (DMM). A new ‘Watch’ feature uses the JTAG SAMPLE instruction to monitor asynchronously the activity of a selected pin without disturbing the operation of the unit under test (UUT).
“JTAG ProVision™ has dramatically changed the way users work with boundary-scan since its launch,” commented James Stanbridge, UK Sales Manager of JTAG Technologies. “Adding the Buzz feature gives users a very quick method to check out up to 10 pin-to-pin connections in one hit, without the hurdles that are sometimes encountered when importing full design data.”
Electronics designers and test engineers without a JTAG ProVision™ licence can also experience the benefits of Buzz, by downloading a free-for-life version from the JTAG Live™ website (www.jtaglive.com).
