XJTAG offers free boundary scan workshop at the MTC
CAMBRIDGE, England, 1st May 2013 – XJTAG is running a free boundary scan training workshop at the UK's Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, 12 June 2013.The free workshop aims to provide engineers with an introduction to boundary scan and to show how this innovative debug, test and programming process can be used throughout the product life cycle.
The hands-on workshop will be of interest to engineers in design, development, test and production who will receive a comprehensive introduction to boundary scan. XJTAG's workshop leaders will explain how boundary scan can be used from start to finish both to improve designs and reduce respins and to enhance test coverage, fault diagnosis and production yields on complex BGA-populated circuits.
"XJTAG's free workshops have been so popular that we have decided to take them around the UK" says Simon Payne, CEO XJTAG. "Holding the first of a series of boundary scan workshops at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry was a natural choice as it is focused on providing new and innovative processes and technologies."
The free workshops will give an overview of the IEEE 1149.x standard, demonstrate how to communicate with the JTAG chain and how to interact with JTAG devices such as FPGAs. They will provide an introduction to board testing using the JTAG chain, explain how to describe a circuit to enable JTAG testing and how to run an infrastructure connection test. Finally, the workshop leaders will outline how to test non-JTAG elements of a board design using boundary scan.
The XJTAG development system is a cost-effective solution for debugging, testing and programming electronic printed circuit boards and systems throughout the product lifecycle. XJTAG reduces the time and cost of board development by allowing early creation of reconfigurable test scripts that can be used from design validation through prototype debugging and on into manufacturing.
XJTAG is used across a variety of sectors by market-leading companies (designers, developers, OEMs and contract manufacturers) including, among others, Aeroflex, ARM, Curtiss-Wright, Imagination Technologies, Micron, and Thales.
Places are limited so engineers should book early. Register at www.xjtag.com/workshop.php.
Places are subject to availability and at the discretion of XJTAG.
For more information about the workshops, please call us on +44 (0)1223 223 007 or email mailto:[email protected].
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About XJTAG (www.xjtag.com)
XJTAG is a worldwide leading supplier of IEEE Std. 1149.x compliant boundary scan tools, which focuses on innovative product development and high quality technical support. The company has its headquarters in Cambridge, UK, as well as an office in Boston, Massachussets, and works closely with over 50 experienced and professional distributors and technology partners across the globe. XJTAG delivers a diverse range of boundary scan test solutions for clients across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defence, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications.
About MTC (www.the-mtc.org)
The MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre) has been established to prove innovative manufacturing processes and technologies in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions. The MTC provides a high quality environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, providing a unique opportunity for manufacturers to develop new and innovative processes and technologies in a low risk environment.
The areas of MTC's technology focus are appropriate to both large and small companies and are applicable across industry sectors. Founder industrial members of the MTC are Rolls-Royce, Aero Engine Controls and Airbus UK and members now include manufacturing companies from multiple sectors. Research partners include the University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, Loughborough University and TWI Ltd. The MTC is part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult which is supported by the Technology Strategy Board.