Date: 03/06/2010

Agilent's Infiniium oscilloscope now support JTAG triggering and decode application

Agilent has expanded its Infiniium oscilloscope application portfolio with a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) protocol decode and triggering application. Agilent says that its Infiniium Series is the first oscilloscope family to support JTAG triggering and protocol decode.

The N8817A JTAG decode application performs the decode operation in real time thus replacing the earlier process where development teams needed to get JTAG visibility at the protocol layer and take physical-level measurements and manually decode the JTAG signals. This application is said to import information contained in industry-standard BSDL (boundary scan description language) files to provide easily understood JTAG protocol on chains with multiple devices. It also provides real-time, at-speed, protocol decode and flags error conditions. The N8817A JTAG decode application is supported on Agilent's Infiniium 9000, 90000, and 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes.

Price: US$1,800

Availability: late June 2010
For more information visit: www.agilent.com/find/scopes