JTAG Maps Reviews

JTAG Maps Description

JTAG Maps™, an intuitive Altium extension, allows engineers to quickly assess test possibilities provided by the JTAG devices in their design. Engineers used to spend hours manually highlighting boundary-scan nets in a design to determine coverage. Boundary scan device model files (BSDLs), which indicate exactly which pins can or cannot be controlled by JTAG/boundary scanning, are crucial to any JTAG/boundary scanner process. JTAG Maps is compatible with BSDL models, and has an 'assume scanner covered' option. Although most users will prefer to use the JTAG Maps Altium coverage report, it is possible import a more detailed picture. The data can be exported to JTAG ProVision for further analysis. A simple message file containing full fault-coverage information can then be read back into JTAG Maps for display/highlighting.