JTAG Technologies has widened its area of interest to offer device programming for an array of serial bus types, including BDM, MON08, SPI, I2C and MicroChip.

The Serial Controlled IC Programmer (SCIP) family employs Scan Configurable Interface Logic (SCIL) modules. These are ‘swappable’ interfaces that can convert a JTAG hardware controller into a protocol-specific device programmer or tester.

It is this modular combination of SCIL hardware and SCIP software routines that makes it easy for manufacturers of PCBs featuring multi-vendor, multi-protocol processors to configure a universal in-system programming platform for production.

The intention, according to the supplier, is allow customers to get more from their JTAG tools investment and increase the board coverage.