Hardware Design – JTAG Chain

Hardware Design - JTAG Chain

01 JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) is an international standard testing protocol (IEEE 1149.1 compliant) primarily used for internal chip testing. Most advanced devices now support the JTAG protocol, such as DSPs and FPGAs. The standard JTAG interface consists of four lines: TMS (Test Mode Select), TCK (Test Clock Input), TDI (Test Data Input), and … Read more

Introduction to JTAG Testing Protocol

Introduction to JTAG Testing Protocol

Introduction to JTAG JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) is an international standard testing protocol (IEEE 1149.1 compliant), primarily used for internal testing of chips. Most advanced devices today support the JTAG protocol, such as DSPs and FPGAs. The standard JTAG interface consists of 4 lines: TMS, TCK, TDI, and TDO, which correspond to mode selection, … Read more

Introduction to JTAG

Introduction to JTAG

Debugging chips relies heavily on the JTAG interface. Downloading and debugging programs must be accomplished through the JTAG interface. Today, I learned some basic principles and working processes of the JTAG interface, and I will summarize them briefly. The JTAG interface is an international standard testing protocol, originally initiated by several electronic device manufacturers who … Read more

JTAG Interface Learning Notes

JTAG Interface Learning Notes

Interface Name: JTAG Full English Name: Joint Test Action Group Chinese: 联合测试工作组 Standard Number: IEEE1149.1-1990/IEEE1149.1a-1993 Standard Maintenance: IEEE Current Specification: www.IEEE.org Latest Version: IEEE1149.1-2013 Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture Effective Date: 2013 Next Version: TBD Description: JTAG is an international standard testing protocol (IEEE 1149.1 compatible), primarily used for internal testing of chips. … Read more

What Is JTAG? A Brief Introduction

What Is JTAG? A Brief Introduction

Original: Wolonghui Wolong Village Master Previously, some netizens asked what the JTAG principle is? Today, I will briefly explain it. JTAG is a debugging, testing, and online programming interface. JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) JTAG is an embedded debugging technology used to test chips. Once the circuit board is soldered, how can we ensure that … Read more

What Is JTAG?

What Is JTAG?

Welcome FPGA engineers to join the official WeChat technical group. ClickBlue WordsFollow us at FPGA Home – the largest pure engineer community in China. JTAG is an IEEE standard (1149.1) developed in the 1980s to solve electronic board manufacturing issues. Nowadays, it can be used for programming, debugging, and probing ports. But first, let’s look … Read more

Understanding JTAG Interface: Common Issues and Solutions

Understanding JTAG Interface: Common Issues and Solutions

Source: FPGA Resource Hero In the process of FPGA development and learning, a critical step is the board download implementation. Achieving hardware “hard realization” is crucial, and generally, the JTAG interface is more commonly used. Therefore, many experts must have encountered issues with the JTAG interface malfunctioning or being damaged and unusable. Recently, I faced … Read more

UART Serial Port Debugging Guide

UART Serial Port Debugging Guide

0x00 Introduction Recently, I have been learning about debugging hardware interfaces such as optical modems, routers, and cameras, but I did not make any records. Therefore, I will briefly document the learning process here for future reference. 0x01 Required Tools 1. TTL to USB converter 2. Multimeter 3. TTL to USB converter 4. SecureCRT connection … Read more

FPGA Debugging: Principles and Examples of SignalTap Logic Analyzer

FPGA Debugging: Principles and Examples of SignalTap Logic Analyzer

Welcome FPGA engineers to join the official WeChat technical group. Clickthe blue textto follow us at FPGA Home – the largest pure FPGA engineer community in China For FPGA debugging, we mainly take Intel FPGA as an example, simulating and debugging in the Win10 Quartus II 17.0 environment, using the development board type EP4CE15F17. This … Read more