JTAG

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Joint Test Action Group
IEEE Standard 1149.1
JTAG

   <architecture, body, electronics, integrated circuit,
   standards, testing> (JTAG, or "IEEE Standard 1149.1") A
   {standard} specifying how to control and monitor the pins of
   compliant devices on a {printed circuit board}.

   Each device has four JTAG control lines.  There is a common
   reset (TRST) and clock (TCLK).  The data line {daisy chains}
   one device's TDO pin to the TDI pin on the next device.

   The {protocol} contains commands to read and set the values of
   the pins (and, optionally {internal registers}) of devices.
   This is called "{boundary scanning}".  The protocol makes
   board testing easier as signals that are not visible at the
   board connector may be read and set.

   The protocol also allows the testing of equipment, connected
   to the JTAG port, to identify components on the board (by
   reading the device identification register) and to control and
   monitor the device's outputs.

   JTAG is not used during normal operation of a board.

   JTAG Technologies B.V. (http://jtag.com/).

   Boundary Scan/JTAG Technical Information - Xilinx, Inc.
   (http://xilinx.com/support/techsup/journals/jtag/).

   Java API for Boundary Scan FAQs - Xilinx Inc.
   (http://xilinx.com/products/software/sx/sxfaqs.htm).

   JTAG Boundary-Scan Test Products - Corelis, Inc.
   (http://corelis.com/products/scanovrv.html).

   "Logic analyzers stamping out bugs at the cutting edge", EDN
   Access, 1997-04-10
   (http://ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/1997/041097/08df_02.htm).

   IEEE 1149.1 Device Architecture - Boundary-Scan Tutorial from
   ASSET InterTech, Inc.
   (http://asset-intertech.com/tutorial/arch.htm).

   "Application-Specific Integrated Circuits", Michael John
   Sebatian Smith, published Addison-Wesley - Design Automation
   Cafe
   
(http://dacafe.com/DACafe/EDATools/EDAbooks/ASIC/Book/CH14/CH14.2.htm).

   Software Debug options on ASIC cores - Embedded Systems
   Programming Archive (http://embedded.com/97/feat9701.htm).

   Designing for On-Board Programming Using the IEEE 1149.1
   (JTAG) Access Port - Intel
   (http://developer.intel.com/design/flcomp/applnots/292186.htm).

   Built-In Self-Test Using Boundary Scan by Texas Instruments -
   EDTN Network
   (http://edtn.com/scribe/reference/appnotes/md003e9a.htm).

   (1999-11-15)