XJTAG and Pico Technology have collaborated on the development of a portable boundary scan and oscilloscope system.
The system combines XJTAG’s boundary scan technology with the digital signal acquisition capabilities of the Pico Technology oscilloscope.
“As board designs have become more densely populated, restricted access to devices such as BGAs means oscilloscopes continually have to evolve," said Simon Payne, CEO of XJTAG.
"This is the next logical step, combining oscilloscope and boundary scan technologies," said Payne.
“The PicoScope software is also well-suited to this system, as it's a Windows program that can run alongside the XJTAG software on a PC without modification,” said Alan Tong, managing director, Pico Technology.
Called XJTAG Expert, the system has an integrated high speed USB 2.0 to JTAG controller providing a high speed interface to the JTAG chain, combined with a digital oscilloscope, spectrum analyser, waveform and function generator and serial protocol analyser.
It requires two USB ports, and can supply power to low-power target systems, which means that testing can be done even without a source of mains power.
The unit contains the licence for the XJTAG system.
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