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Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: USB Blaster
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 31 July 2006
JTAG/Boundary now supports Altera's USB
Blaster
Gopel electronic's JTAG/Boundary Scan Software system cascon now supports Altera's USB Blaster
Gopel electronic, world-class vendor of JTAG/Boundary Scan solutions compliant to IEEE Std 1149.x, has announced that it has developed a new software option in its System Cascon software suite to support Altera Corporation's USB-BlasterT download cable The solution - a complete driver integration of the USB-Blaster download cable in the System Cascont software suite - enables the USB Blaster download cable to be used as a native JTAG/Boundary Scan Controller throughout the entire product life cycle
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Customers now have an easy migration path for testing highly complex designs using our JTAG/Boundary Scan Integrated Development Environment and Altera's USB-Blaster download cable," announced Bettina Becker, marketing and international sales manager at Gopel electronic.
"Using the existing USB-Blaster set up, configuration data can be applied immediately through our System Cascon software suite in conjunction with other test and programming procedures, providing a very effective solution without the need to purchase new hardware".
"Many of our customers have been asking for integrated support in Goepel's System Cascon JTAG/Boundary Scan software," said Steve Mensor, Altera's senior director, intellectual property (IP) marketing.
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"Goepel's solution using Altera's USB-Blaster programming hardware makes the solution easy for customers to use".
Integrating the System Cascon software suite with Altera's USB-Blaster download cable allows customers to use the USB-Blaster to execute Boundary Scan test procedures.
The USB-Blaster can also be used to program Flash devices in-System and configure Altera FPGAs via the JamT Standard Test and Programming Language (STAPL), JEDEC standard JESD-71, Simple Vector Format (SVF) specification, or IEEE-Std.1532 specification.
Additional System Cascon software support for Boundary Scan chain designs with Multi-Drop devices is automatic, including all scan router devices by Firecron, National Semiconductor, and Texas Instruments.
All test and in System programming (ISP) procedures generated with Altera's USB-Blaster download cable are fully cross-compatible with other JTAG/Boundary Scan Controllers by Gopel electronic, including the recently introduced hardware platform Scanflex.
Support for the USB-Blaster download cable is included for no additional charge in System Cascon beginning with release 4.3.
Customers can purchase the USB-Blaster download cable through Altera distributors.
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