JTAG Technologies has announced an interim update to its renowned ProVision boundary-scan development tools-suite that includes the new continuity test module ‘Buzz’. Service Pack 1 for CD release 15 (CD15-SP1) is available immediately for download, from www.jtag.com, for licensed users with current support contracts.

With the breakthrough product family, JTAG Live, debugging boards too crowded for traditional probing becomes a whole lot easier. JTAG Live is ideal for electronics engineers and technicians to use in checking PCBs for basic continuity and correct operation.

JTAG Technologies, a leading provider of IEEE Std. 1149.1 solutions for testing and programming high-density PCBs, has announced a further extension to its line of high-performance boundary-scan IEEE Std. 1149.1 controllers. Known as the DataBlaster JT 37x7/PCIe, the new unit offers support for the popular PCI-express slot format found extensively in today’s PCs. The PCIe bus is a high-speed serial replacement of the older parallel PCI bus.

JTAG Technologies has launched JTAG Function Test (JFT), which bridges the gap between standard structural boundary-scan testing and functional verification. As a complement to JTAG’s existing vector-based cluster test generators, JFT makes use of an open-source programming language to give test designers the ability to verify quickly the functionality of non-boundary-scan devices and device ‘clusters’.