ASSET to Develop Open Embedded Instrument Tools

By DE Editors

ASSET InterTech Inc. (Richardson, TX) is developing and will bring to market open embedded instrumentation tools based on the preliminary IEEE standard, P1687 Internal JTAG (IJTAG). According to Glenn Woppman, president and CEO of ASSET, the standard is close enough to ratification to begin developing tools.

ASSET, through its ScanWorks platform, provides open embedded instrumentation tools to the electronics industry for design validation, test, and debug. It is a supplier of boundary-scan test tools using JTAG access to the development of open embedded instrumentation tools. The boundary-scan infrastructure embedded into chips and circuit boards is one technology that can form the basis for an embedded instrumentation toolset. ScanWorks will continue as a platform for structural boundary-scan test with its automation, data acquisition, and data analysis features.

The ScanWorks platform also allows users to validate and test semiconductors, circuit boards, or entire systems during every phase of a product's life, including design, manufacturing/repair and field maintenance, and to program chips in-system after they have been soldered to a circuit board.

ASSET's MicroMaster product line uses true CPU emulation technology to perform functional test and diagnostic routines on circuit boards and chips, and to program logic and memory devices in-system at high CPU speeds.

For details, contact ASSET InterTech.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.