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GOEPEL electronic accelerates LAN based High-Speed Programming of massive Flash Images

24th October 2011

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GOEPEL electronic announces the introduction of a special LAN server feature for its hardware platform SCANFLEX. The new option enables the utilization of a preconfigured GBit LAN interface for high-speed transfer of very large Flash images up to several GBit for in-system programming without additional components. Now the functional interface test as well as high-speed data transfer can be implemented on the same hardware platform. Customers benefit in the increased throughput in the production and a simultaneous low cost of introduction.

“The size of Flash memories to be programmed is continuously increasing, stretching currently utilised JTAG methods to their limits. We solve this problem by providing an integration-capable and parallelisable solution on a unified platform”, says Thomas Wenzel, Managing Director of GOEPEL electronic’s Boundary Scan Division. “In connection with our innovative VarioTAP® technology for processor emulation users are now able to combine the benefits of a JTAG based target initialisation with the efficiency of high-speed Flash image downloads, saving time and costs for programming.”

SCANFLEX provides the GBit interface by the Bus Access Cable model BAC9305-LAN1G, supporting functional tests as well as high-speed data transfer. SCANFLEX is a modular JTAG/Boundary Scan platform, controlled by a central controller. It provides ideal integration characteristics into other test systems such as In-Circuit Testers, Flying Probe Testers or Functional Testers, enabling the seamless combination of different test and programming strategies.

The VarioTAP technology for processor emulation transforms an existing processor via the standard debug port into a native design embedded test and programming controller, initialising all interfaces. These capabilities are used in applying a SCANFLEX integrated LAN server to create a peer-to-peer connection. The fully parallelisable method does not require specific firmware and target booting. The size of Flash images is no longer limited.