Program ICs in your system via IEEE 1149.1 and enjoy the benefits throughout the system's life. (integrated circuits) (includes related article on cost-savings from PC-based boundary-scan in-system programming)

EDN, November, 1997 by Bonnett, Dave

Programming ICs in-system solves many problems for system manufacturers. If you use ICs that you can program via the IEEE 1149.1 test-access port, the benefits extend beyond production testing into the field.

Programmable components: such as logic devices, FPGAs, flash-memory chips, and microcontrollers with embedded memory, have grown in popularity over the past five years. The ICs' popularity results from the system-configuration flexibility that they make possible. The care that these ICs require in handling, assembly, and warehousing can cause problems, however. By incorporating in-system programming (ISP) into the production flow and using IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan as the access method for ISP, system manufacturers can reduce, if not eliminate, most of...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
CXO UnpluggedSmart Business interviews on BNET

See and hear how senior level executives across the Asia Pacific are developing smart business ideas across a variety of sectors. The focus is on the future, and on how businesses need to evolve.

advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here