PowerQUICC III designs put to the test

Second-generation embedded circuit board test software addresses complex processors and circuit board designs, requiring minimal engineering efforts.

Kozio now offers support for the latest Freescale PowerQUICC III processors, the MPC8544 and MPC8544E.

The second-generation Kozio solution is delivering test coverage and fault isolation for today's complex processors and circuit board designs, requiring minimal engineering efforts.

Kozio's kDiagnostics product provides an embedded circuit board test solution for functional testing of Freescale-based hardware, including the MPC8544E series of processors, as well as numerous other CPUs and chipsets.

Features of the MPC8544E fully supported by kDiagnostics include: e500 Core, L1 instruction cache, L1 data cache, DDR/DDR2 controller, local bus controller, programmable interrupt controller, DUART, two eTSEC controllers (10/100/1000), PCI, PCI Express, and the DMA controller.

Standard hardware test suites also include focus, flow and stress testing for USB, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, and other components which can save man-years of test development effort.

With Kozio's functional test technology manufacturers isolate failures to components at full processor speeds, reducing test cost, improving product quality and improving customer satisfaction.

Other features of the latest kDiagnostics release include 10/100/1000 automated test cycling through all interface speeds, port to port Ethernet testing eliminating complex test equipment set ups, remote communications for testing over a local area network, protected image transfers to reject corrupted images, and improved user guides for test methodologies and test execution.

kDiagnostics represents an advanced evolution in automated circuit board testing and troubleshooting.

The core test functionality extends beyond structural and emulated test methods to validate memory subsystems, Gigabit Ethernet channels, PCI Express buses, SATA channels, and USB data paths right through the connector.

Stress testing uses advanced processor features such as DMA along with proprietary routines.

The beauty of the solution is that it requires less than an hour to set up and choose test cases, a minimal connection to the target, and simple loopback plugs.

The kDiagnostics Manufacturing Suite provides a state-of-the-art operator interface with full automation and test tracking via an integrated database.

In addition to providing test coverage for all logic components, this technology programs NAND and NOR Flash memories at their fastest programmable speeds.

kDiagnostics and the Manufacturing Suite test automation software are available now.

Pricing for kDiagnostics is set per the microprocessor family.

Two week delivery is standard.

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