JTAG Debugging Standards

Industry Guiding Standards:

Standard Usage and Reference Situations
IEEE1149 The JTAG series standard, primarily 1149.1, allows scanning of the JTAG chain on SoCs via the TAP (Test Access Port) interface, enabling command sending and data reading.
ARM CoreSight A standardized debug and trace architecture for SoCs defined by ARM. The DAP (Debug Access Port) interface defined here can be accessed via JTAG, allowing debug commands to be sent to the processor behind the DAP for debugging purposes.

The following diagram explains these relationships:JTAG Debugging StandardsThe image below is from the Coresight website, further aiding understanding:JTAG Debugging Standards

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