Goepel announces support for open source initiative

goJTAG is the first university driven, open source project aimed at providing a full package for a JTAG/Boundary Scan newcomer - including training materials, slides and exercises. The software includes a simulation component that fully reveals every bit movement along the scan chains with a single TCK precision. Users can directly step wise control TAP states and observe system's reaction in a real time as an on screen simulation. Using PicoTAP controller, all actions can be synchronised on the hardware attached. "The number of new designs with most modern packaging technologies, high speed signals, fpga and high performance processors disproportionately increases and requires adequate test strategies," said Stefan Meissner, marketing and PR manager at Goepel electronic. "IEEE standardised test methods may offer important help, but a wide adoption requires respective know how transfer as well as freely available training tools. That's why we were immediately ready to engage within the frame of the goJTAG initiative." According to Meissner, the platform's first open source project goJTAG provides an IEEE 1149.1 training software that can be run in simulation mode as well as online mode. The tool enables the graphical display of Boundary Scan ICs in the respective mode, the visualisation of register states, pin toggling and the execution of SVF files without any qualitative limitations. The definition of networks is also possible.