TopJTAG Probe
A boundary-scan (JTAG) based simple logic analyzer and circuit debugging software. Provides 1) the ability to monitor pin values in real-time without interference with the normal operation of a working device and 2) to interactively set up pin values for testing of board-level interconnects or on-chip internal logic.
Use TopJTAG Probe to
- Monitor and control pins without touching a board.
- Easily access pin signals of BGAs and fine-pitch devices.
- Interactively set up pin values to check board-level interconnects for shorts and opens.
- Test on-chip internal logic, e.g. debug CPLD firmware.
- Debug prototype designs and detect PCB defects.
Key features
- Supports any JTAG-compliant devices (most modern CPUs, microcontrollers, FPGAs and CPLDs).
- Graphical visualization of packages with color-coded pin values updated in real-time.
- Waveform recording.
- No netlists required, only BSDL files need to be provided.
- CPLD and FPGA pin names and buses can be imported from Xilinx ISE .ucf and Altera Quartus II .qsf files.
- An easy-to-use and affordable solution for manual interactive boundary-scan.
No special knowledge is required to use boundary-scan technology (also known as JTAG or IEEE 1149.1 standard) as TopJTAG Probe provides a simple and intuitive user interface.
Bypass, Sample, Extest and Intest boundary-scan instructions are supported. This enables the observation of pin values of a working device (Sample mode), the manipulation of pin values to test board interconnections (Extest mode) and the manipulation of pin values to test on-chip internal logic (Intest mode). For example, Extest mode can be used to detect PCB defects, Intest mode is convenient for debugging CPLD designs.
TopJTAG Probe is an effortless, affordable and powerful JTAG solution for design debug, diagnostics and repair.
Many popular JTAG cables supported
- Altera USB-Blaster
- USB to JTAG interfaces based on FTDI FT2232 chip, e.g.
- SEGGER J-Link
- Digilent JTAG-USB
- Xilinx Parallel Cable III and IV
- Altera ByteBlaster MV and II
- Lattice Parallel ispDOWNLOAD
- Wiggler
- Embest EasyICE
We aim to extend the supported range of JTAG cables. Send us an e-mail with your proposal for the type of JTAG cable you would like our software to support.
