This highly technical on-line training comes in the form of a series of videos in which our experts will provide you with a hands-on introduction to JTAG boundary scan. You will connect to a remote PC from your browser to use a full XJTAG development system connected to live demo hardware. These practical sessions are interspersed with theory to explain the principles you are applying.
By the end, you will have a solid understanding of how boundary scan works, how it helps to bring-up a prototype and debug a failing board; and how to create and run tests.
The course is expected to take about 3 hours in total but can be completed in several sittings.
What you’ll learn
Learn the basics of boundary scan and how you can use it across the full product life-cycle to improve designs and reduce re-spins, and to enhance test coverage, fault diagnosis and production yields on complex high-density electronics. The following topics are covered:
- Why the JTAG standard was developed
- How a JTAG devices’ boundary scan cells are used for testing an assembled board
- How the JTAG signals control a JTAG IC’s internal registers
- Setting up an XJLink to access a board using JTAG (practical)
- Get a JTAG chain running and check its high-speed performance (practical)
- BSDL files – contents and format
- Use the XJAnalyser software to set and read pins on JTAG devices (practical)
- Explore the different JTAG modes (practical)
- Use XJAnalyser to manually test LEDs and an oscillator (practical)
- How XJTAG’s automatically generated interconnect test works
- How boundary scan can test non-JTAG devices
- Run tests and debug a failing board (practical)
- What circuit data is used when developing boundary scan tests
- Create a test project to test a board (practical)
Course requirements
A PC with a browser to connect to a remote PC.No prior knowledge of JTAG is required.
Who is this course for?
Engineers working in electronic design, development, test, or manufacturing.
