kDiagnostics embedded circuit board test tool software for MPC8544 and MPC8544E Freescale PowerQUICC III processors allows claimed embedded functional testing and fault isolation for processors and circuit board designs.

Features of the MPC8544E supported by kDiagnostics reportedly 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.

Other features of the kDiagnostics release include port to port Ethernet testing, remote communications over a local area network, protected image transfers to reject corrupted images, and improved user guides for test methodologies and test execution.

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JTAG Technologies has released the JT 2147/AGP for use with Aeroflex in-circuit testers (ICTs), allowing the 4200 Series systems to be interfaced with JTAG's boundary-scan controller.

The JT 2147/AGP allows boundary-scan test access port (TAP) signals within the ICT system for claimed improvement in signal integrity and simplified fixture design. The company claims that the JT 2147/AGP can be installed on the Aeroflex GPIO custom interface module to provide ground isolation plus a switching matrix to route TAP signals to pins on the test fixture.

Users of integrated JTAG Technologies products benefit from claimed off-line, fixtureless test preparation and the re-use of stand-alone applications at other stages of the product life cycle such as prototyping and field service, with increased cost-effectiveness through reduced test fixture complexity.