Corelis intros ScanExpressTPG JTAG test tool

New software speeds boundary scan test productivity

Corelis has announced ScanExpressTPG, a new toolset which is expected to dramatically reduce test development time.

ScanExpressTPG is an intelligent automatic IEEE1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan test pattern generation tool designed to provide significant improvements in test-generation productivity. ScanExpressTPG has a built-in intelligent wizard that automatically displays the most relevant data and recommends the most likely selections when progressing through the various stages of preparing and generating test vectors.

The intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) guides the user through a logical sequence of steps. The steps start where a boundary-scan target project is defined, and ends with the actual execution of the newly created test plan. Each step guides the test developer with specific instructions as to what actions should be taken and how these actions affect the overall test process. The end result is a complete boundary-scan test procedure with the highest possible level of board test coverage.

Benchmark tests on a complex printed circuit board (PCB) with 8,180 nets (35,000 pins), including more than 50 memory clusters and over 30 logic clusters, showed that boundary-scan test development time could be reduced to less than a day while achieving very high test coverage.