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We do boundary scan right!
by Glenn Woppman

Since our founding close to a decade ago, ASSET InterTech has remained focused on one thing only: IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan, also known as JTAG. Why are we so narrow minded and myopic? Simply because we know that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. So that’s been our goal. To be “The Boundary-Scan Company.” And by becoming just that, we’ve been able to bring you, our customers, a continuous stream of new benefits.

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TEST DATA OUT

System test with boundary scan
by Dave Bonnett

Most people put boundary scan in the category of a board-level test method, but new hardware and software techniques make system-level test with boundary scan not only feasible, but quite effective. In fact, system-level test with boundary scan saves significant time and effort in troubleshooting and it ensures high quality systems.

INSIDE ASSET

ScanWorks will be first to support Intel’s next-generation design validation and test methodology – Intel® IBIST

ASSET recently announced that ScanWorks would be the first boundary scan environment to support a next-generation at-speed design validation and test technology developed by Intel Corporation. Intel IBIST, which stands for Interconnect Built In Self Test, will be embedded in many of that company’s new processors and other types of devices.

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ScanWorks becomes the first JTAG system with processor emulation for extended test coverage

It’s called ScanWorks Extended JTAG Coverage because this new configuration combines the tried-and-true boundary scan test and programming capabilities of ScanWorks with the microprocessor emulation test capabilities of International Test Technologies’ µMaster functional test products.

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ScanWorks tackles high-speed Gb/sec buses with new 1149.6 capabilities

It’s called the IEEE 1149.6 Boundary Scan Standard for Advanced Digital Networks. With its integration into ASSET’s ScanWorks JTAG environment, “dot-6” combines the DC-coupled tests of traditional 1149.1 boundary scan with new, high-speed testing of serial AC-coupled interconnects or differential signaling.

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Win an iPod! Add to ASSET’s growing library of non-boundary scan device models

Here’s a chance to get the latest portable MP3 sensation, the Apple iPod, by simply being a model citizen.

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New ScanWorks shows versatility of boundary scan

The new version of ScanWorks (3.5) demonstrates that with a strong underlying foundation, a boundary scan (JTAG) environment can be expanded to include a host of technologies that take advantage of boundary scan’s innate communications capabilities. Click here to find out more about the new features and enhancements to ScanWorks.

TAPPING IN

EMS firm finds that ScanWorks pays for itself by saving "money, time and company resources"

By reducing troubleshooting by 1,457 percent Reptron Manufacturing Services was convinced that ScanWorks was saving the contract manufacturer time and money. The firm was looking for a JTAG solution that had a fast return on investment (ROI) and it found just that and more with ScanWorks.

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