JTAG is a powerful interface for low-level debugging and introspection of all kinds of devices — CPUs, FPGAs, MCUs and a whole lot of complex purpose-built chips like RF front-ends. JTAG adapters can ...

[Pesco] won one of Dangerous Prototypes’ PCB giveaways a few months ago. He opted for a CPLD breakout board. He just needed to put in a parts order and populate the components himself. But then what?

Samtec is releasing a variety of board-level and cable connector systems for JTAG applications, which are currently shipping in volume quantities, says the interconnect manufacturer. The Samtec JTAG ...

To help users of its 65-nm Virtex 5 FGPAs get a better handle on on-chip thermal- and power-management issues, Xilinx this week will release its System Monitor tool, EDN has learned. Users will be ...

A daisy chain consisting of multiple devices can be quite cumbersome to control, especially when the only device that needs updating is the last one in the chain. Each device in the chain must be ...

JTAG Technologies at Productronica highlighted a new USB version of its JT 3705 Explorer. (The original parallel-port Explorer was one of the industry’s first commercially-available boundary-scan ...