Model libraries now available for Freescale i.MX5x processors
VarioTAP model libraries for universal processor emulation, for application processors of the i.MX51/i.MX53 family by Freescale, has been made available by GOEPEL electronic. These libraries, known as VarioTAP models, are structured modularly as intelligent IP and allow a complete fusion of boundary scan test and JTAG based emulation.
The processor is thereby controlled through the native debug port. Based on this, users are able to execute hardware design validation and prototype tests without firmware. Moreover, the method provides the use of dynamic tests as well as faster in-system flash programming.
“Many of our customers in the automotive, multimedia, medical or industrial electronics sector use i.MX5x processors for system control. By expanding our VarioTAP product range, we allow these users to operate with the latest test and programming technologies”, says Matthias Müller, press spokesman of GOEPEL electronic. “This development states an important step towards systematic extension of our tool portfolio for Freescale processors.”