XJTAG Professional development system
-- Test & Measurement World, 11/22/2006 9:18:00 AM
XJTAG at Electronica 2006 unveiled its XJTAG Professional development system and announced enhancements to its line of IEEE 1149.1 products. XJTAG Professional includes XJAnalyser, XJEase, XJRunner, XJLink, XJDemo, and the new XJIO board.
"The XJTAG system is designed by engineers for engineers and provides a comprehensive set of tools to test, debug and program complex printed circuits containing BGA devices," said Simon Payne, CEO of XJTAG. "With the Professional system and the new features, board developers will be able to get their circuits up and running in hours as opposed to days/weeks with other systems."
The latest version of the XJTAG suite enables the exercise 5000 nets in less than a second due to algorithm improvements. It can also identify a higher proportion of faults and accurately report their locations. XJEase has also been enhanced with language features added to make the test-script writing process more intuitive and natural. In addition, extending the principle of device-centricity that underpins XJEase, test code is now separated from the configuration files, making it easier and quicker to make wholesale changes to test routines.
XJTAG has also added a COM interface to the system to allow XJTAG to integrate with test executives such as LabView, Visual Basic, and other Windows-based applications. Other new features include enhancements to XJAnalyser (to speed up debugging) and a new XJDemo board (which shows how, using XJEase, engineers can test the analog elements of their circuits).
Pricing for the XJTAG system ranges from £3500 (€5075) to £9900 (€14,355).
Also in the boundary-scan arena, Asset InterTech presented to the European marketplace products that it debuted at last month’s International Test Conference, including a controller card that can handle JTAG and functional test chores and ScanWorks enhancements that increase its openness to third parties. In addition, JTAG Technologies highlighted the ProVision software support for tests based on the IEEE 1149.6 standard, which it also presented at the ITC.
