J-LINK REDUCES JTAG DEBUG PINCOUNT FROM 5 to 1! Pittsford, New York—Traditional JTAG boundary-scan testing normally takes up 5 valuable pins on an i.c., requires 5 resistors, and increases chip power.

Recently I started to evaluate a development kit that cost about $US 180. Taking the kit beyond a basic demonstration, though, required using a “JTAG” programming ...

Xilinx Vertex-II Pro platforms that support multiple PowerPC and MicroBlaze cores have a new weapon in the EMUL-PPC JTAG debugger. The package, including software support, handles hardware diagnostics ...

If not, it might be because you haven’t mastered the basics of JTAG and learned how to dump, or snarf, the firmware of an embedded device. This JTAG primer will get you up to snuff on snarfing, and ...

Microchip Technology has introduced the MPLAB PICkit Basic, an affordable and versatile in-circuit debugger designed to simplify programming and debugging for engineers, hobbyists, and students. The ...

A compact, two-pin interface provides efficient access to debug and trace features while minimizing pin count.