Two new solutions join the previously
announced ScanWorks for the 3070 Fully Integrated solution
to expand significantly the price/performance options
the two companies offer.
“These new JTAG re-use products
are the outcome of the three-year joint marketing and
software licensing agreement our two companies have
had,” said John Herczeg, support and in-circuit
marketing manager for Agilent Technologies’ Manufacturing
Test Business Unit. “We’ve been able to
expand on our fully integrated ScanWorks® for the
3070 solution and provide a full slate of solutions
that meet the widely divergent needs of developers and
manufacturers.”
“The two new product configurations
that we’ve developed make the most of our best-in-class
technology to better serve the evolving needs of electronics
manufacturers,” said Glenn Woppman, president
of ASSET InterTech. “They also demonstrate how
the relationship between ASSET and Agilent has progressed
to the point where we are working closely together on
new product development, technical support and strategic
directions.  As
with any long-standing strategic partnership, both parties
must benefit from it and our two companies certainly
have benefited from this one.”
Blending ScanWorks and the
3070
The two new test re-use solutions merge
the capabilities of a ScanWorks Manufacturing Station
with the Agilent 3070 ICT system. The final configuration
of the solution is determined by a number of factors,
including the volume of test, the financial requirements
of the user organization and the current configuration
of the user’s 3070 system. The two new solutions
are known as ScanWorks for the 3070 Externally Integrated
solution and ScanWorks for the 3070 Internally Integrated
solution.
• Externally
Integrated Solution for
Agilent 3070 UNIX Systems
The ScanWorks for the 3070 Externally
Integrated solution involves a low-investment PC-based
ScanWorks Manufacturing Station, which provides basic
benchtop boundary-scan test and programming while acting
as the platform for test re-use operations on the 3070
UNIX system via a network connection. This solution
is composed of a standard ASSET ScanWorks Manufacturing
Station with a PCI-100 hardware kit and software to
interface ScanWorks and a 3070 UNIX system over a network.
With the Scanworks for the 3070 Externally Integrated
solution, test sequences developed for a ScanWorks Manufacturing
Station can be run on the 3070 UNIX ICT system. Pass/fail
test results as well as failure information are displayed
on the 3070.
For more information on the ScanWorks
for the 3070 Externally Integrated solution, click
here.
• Internally
Integrated Solution for
Agilent 3070 Dual-Controller Systems
Some Agilent 3070 users must continue
to run legacy 3070 UNIX tests as they migrate new tests
to the 3070 PC controller. As a result, Agilent supports
a dual-controller strategy through which one bed-of-nails
3070 test head interfaces to both a 3070 UNIX controller
and a 3070 PC controller. The ScanWorks for the 3070
Internally Integrated solution is available for these
users.
The ScanWorks for the 3070 Internally
Integrated solution combines the configuration described
above for 3070 systems when the UNIX controller is functioning
with an internal integration whereby ScanWorks software
tools are integrated onto the 3070’s internal
PC controller.
Financial incentives are provided to
ensure a maximum return on investment in either the
ScanWorks for the 3070 Externally Integrated or the
ScanWorks for the 3070 Internally Integrated solutions
for those users who, because of their increasing volume
of boundary scan test and programming operations, eventually
migrate at a later time to a ScanWorks for the 3070
Fully Integrated solution.
For more information on the ScanWorks
for the 3070 Internally Integrated solution, click
here.
• Fully Integrated Solution
for
Agilent 3070 PC Systems
The ScanWorks for the 3070 Fully Integrated
solution, which was announced in January of 2002, is
available to 3070 users who have a PC controller or
who have upgraded a 3070 UNIX controller to a PC controller.
This configuration seamlessly integrates a full ScanWorks
Manufacturing Station onto the 3070 PC controller for
a “best-in-class” solution. This solution
is available exclusively from Agilent Technologies.
It is the only completely seamless boundary-scan solution
for the 3070. It integrates ScanWorks’ software
tools and the high-throughput PCI-400 JTAG interface
with four test access ports (TAPs) into the 3070.
For more information, click
here.
All three of the ASSET/Agilent boundary-scan
test re-use solutions are fully supported globally by
both Agilent and ASSET.
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