Corelis Releases I2C Exerciser Version 1.23

New version features repeatable triggers, additional API examples, and Windows 8 support.

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Cerritos, CA, November 12, 2012  – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, has released a new version of its I2C Exerciser software, Version 1.23. The software improves the capabilities of Corelis’ powerful BusPro-I and CAS-1000-I2C/E bus analyzer products. Major enhancements and features incorporated in this release include:

Major features of the BusPro-S include:

• Repeatable trigger conditions
• Additional slave addressing options for buses with no 10bit address slaves
• Signal waveforms can be printed directly from the Monitor interface
• New I2C parameters now available for measurement in the Parameter Scope
• Discrete I/O signal timing is now included in exported timing files
• Additional application programming interface examples including Python and
• National Instruments LabVIEW
• This release has been verified to run on Windows 8

The I2C Exerciser software allows users to generate I2C traffic, non-intrusively listen to and record all I2C bus traffic, and display real-time data in both state and waveform timing windows—all concurrently using a single instrument. Advanced software capabilities include master and slave emulation, a scripting language to control test sequences, and signal parametric measurements.

“Not only is the CAS-1000-I2C/E the most capable and feature rich bus analyzer in its class, but its versatility and ease-of-use is completely unrivaled,” states Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “The I2C Exerciser graphical application and application programming interface continue to evolve to fulfill new applications in all phases of a product lifecycle including development, prototype validation, troubleshooting, system integration, production, and field testing. The same rich application software is also compatible with the low cost BusPro-I analyzer for basic capabilities including I2C monitoring, debugging, and programming.”

The new software upgrade is available free to registered owners of the Corelis BusPro-I and CAS-1000-I2C/E products. A trial version of the software is also available to new users by registering on the Corelis website:

http://www.corelis.com/products-bus-analyzers/I2C_Exerciser_Demo_Software_Download.htm

About Corelis 

Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease-of-use and dedication to customer service.

Source: Corelis Releases I2C Exerciser Version 1.23

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Corelis Introduces High-Speed Quad-SPI Host Adapter

The New BusPro-S™ Combines Power, Versatility, and Affordability.

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Cerritos, CA, August 6, 2012 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced today the introduction of the BusPro-S, a high-speed multi-IO SPI host adapter. The BusPro-S SPI Analyzer USB-powered desktop instrument allows engineers to save precious development time by providing low level control of Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) buses for the generation of SPI messages and programming SPI memory.

Major features of the BusPro-S include:

• 60 MHz clock rates with up to 200 Mb/s throughput.
• Standard, dual, quad, and 3-wire mode support.
• User selectable interface voltages down to 1.8V.
• Eight independent slave select signals.
• Powerful Graphical User Interface (GUI) with a complete command script editor.
• Royalty-free Application Programming Interface (API).

The BusPro-S is controlled by the included SPI Exerciser software using two modules: Debugger and Programmer. The Debugger module features a command script interface with individual tabs for concurrent command sessions. All communications from the Debugger module are recorded and displayed in a detailed transaction log. The Programmer module enables fast, convenient in-system erase, program, verify, and read operations for both standard and multi-IO non-volatile memory components using an included library of common Flash and EEPROM device models.

“SPI continues to thrive due to its robust simplicity,” comments Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “While extremely simple, the SPI bus offers a tremendous amount of power and flexibility. We’ve designed our software in such a way that it provides a clean, intuitive interface, yet still offers users unhindered access to that power and flexibility.”

The BusPro-S comes complete with hardware, software, and cables. It is being offered at an introductory list price of $675 and is available for purchase through the Corelis online store: http://www.corelis.com/store/.

About Corelis 

Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease-of-use and dedication to customer service.

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Corelis Adds Freescale Hardware Support to Runner-Lite

Update Enables Freescale End Users to Quickly Explore JTAG Test Capabilities.
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Cerritos, CA, June 11, 2012 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced today that its free Runner-Lite test executive is now compatible with Freescale USB TAP probes. This added support allows existing Freescale hardware users to execute pre-generated JTAG-based test procedures on select Freescale reference designs. In conjunction with adding Freescale hardware support, Corelis has also distributed a downloadable test procedure for the Freescale QorIQ® P1024 reference design board (RDB). The P1024 RDB represents the first of several Freescale reference designs to be fully supported by Runner-Lite test procedures.

Runner-Lite provides engineers visibility, awareness, and accessibility to board level boundary-scan and functional testing. Each test procedure provides comprehensive fault detection and isolation of boundary-scan chain infrastructure, board interconnect, pull-up/pull-down resistors, and clusters such as memories and UARTs. The software also includes a powerful graphical fault identification subsystem to isolate and visualize the location of PCB faults. The subsystem displays a CAD-based photographic representation of a reference design on the host PC display to facilitate the rapid discovery of the actual location for any failure, even when the fault is hidden underneath devices. “The addition of Freescale hardware support makes direct, convenient JTAG tool access available to a wider audience,” states Harrison Miles, Director of Business Development at Corelis. “Freescale end users can download the software and execute a full suite of boundary-scan and functional tests in a matter of minutes.”

“As our customers drive greater levels of integration into their products, the need for faster clock rates, higher pin counts and finer pitch in our devices is going up, making board development and testing more challenging. Boundary-scan test can provide substantial improvement in board bring-up and testing speeds,” claims Tim Tumilty, Director of Developer Technology at Freescale. “The companywide benefits of being able to move a product more swiftly from development to production are immeasurable. Adding Freescale USB TAP support to Runner-Lite provides the most straight-forward path to introduce early adoption of boundary-scan to our customers.”

Runner-Lite is offered at no charge and can be downloaded from the Corelis website. Visit http://www.corelis.com/runner-lite for more information.

About Corelis Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease-of-use and dedication to customer service.

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Corelis JTAG Tools Extend Manufacturing Test Capability for IEC

Boundary-scan software enables quick, comprehensive test coverage for top manufacturer IEC Electronics.

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Cerritos, CA, June 4, 2012 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced the integration of Corelis ScanExpress boundary-scan tools at IEC Electronics in Albuquerque, NM. The ScanExpress system adds non-intrusive JTAG capabilities to IEC Electronics’ impressive test arsenal which already includes automated optical/x-ray inspection (AOI/AXI), in-circuit test (ICT), flying probe, and functional test systems.

Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis, explains the synergy, “As specialists in low volume, high mix manufacturing, engineers at IEC Electronics understand the high setup costs and long development times that traditionally accompany in-circuit testing. Having ScanExpress tools available in-house affords IEC the capability to provide their clients with fast, comprehensive tests at a fraction of the cost of traditional test methods.”

The ScanExpress system includes a rapid test development environment well suited for contract manufacturers with diverse clients. “Boundary-scan by its nature is ideal for testing short manufacturing runs due to fast test development and low setup requirements,” comments Butch Thornburg, Senior Test Engineer at IEC Electronics. “I can develop boundary-scan tests with Corelis tools in a matter of hours. Equivalent ICT tests take days, even weeks to develop.”

The Corelis tools have quickly gained popularity with IEC’s own customers as well. Thornburg explains, “Our boundary-scan projects have been so successful that our defense customers now demand that we perform boundary-scan DFT analyses on all new designs, providing recommendations on how testability can be improved.”

About Corelis 
Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease-of-use and dedication to customer service.

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Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.7 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

New Software Release Broadens Structural and Functional Test Capabilities.

Cerritos, CA, May 21, 2012 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced today the availability of version 7.7 of its ScanExpress Boundary-Scan Tool Suite. This new version covers a wide range of new features and enhancements including improved constraints handling, support for multi-core devices, and new JTAG Embedded Test support for additional Freescale and Texas Instruments processors.

Software improvements include:

• Separate global and local constraint entry within the ScanExpress TPG preparation GUI.
• Inverted transparency model support along with a new constraint to identify inverted nets.
• Ability to associate multiple BSDL files to a single JTAG device.
• FlexNet network licensing for ScanExpress JET.
• NAND Flash bad block management support in ScanExpress JET.
• JET support for Freescale i.MX35 and Texas Instruments AM18x processors.
• MSP430F5xxx programming support.
• Optimization of STAPL file execution for improved throughput.

Current Corelis customers that have a valid maintenance contract can now access the new version 7.7 CD through the Corelis support website. To inquire about a maintenance package or to obtain a full list of improvements, please contact the Corelis sales team at (562) 926-6727; or send an email to sales@corelis.com.

As always, Corelis offers free training to all clients so that they may immediately utilize the various new product features and innovations now available. Class schedules and registration information can be found on the Corelis website at:

http://www.corelis.com/education/JTAG_Boundary-Scan_Seminars_and_Training.htm

About Corelis
Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease of use and dedication to customer service.

Source: Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.7 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

Teradyne and Corelis Announce Agreement to Bolster Boundary-Scan In-Circuit Test Capability

NORTH READING, Mass. – May 10, 2012 – Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced that it has entered into an OEM agreement with Corelis, Inc. to sell and distribute a package of Corelis ScanExpress boundary-scan test execution and diagnostic software and hardware modules. The solution establishes a straightforward integration path for adding advanced boundary-scan and embedded test capabilities to Teradyne's popular TestStation™ legacy GR228X family of In-Circuit Test systems.

The solution includes the Corelis USB-1149.1 or QuadTAP hardware Custom Function Modules which incorporate both the boundary-scan controller and TAP hardware directly on Teradyne's Multi-Function Application Board. Once installed in the system, the JTAG, GPIO, I²C, and SPI signals are available to test fixtures and the tester backplane; no external Corelis hardware is necessary in the test fixture or in the PC controller. The QuadTAP/CFM configuration option provides access to up to four independent Test Access Ports (TAPs).

“Corelis product integration adds advanced boundary-scan capabilities to Teradyne systems such as 100 MHz high-speed clock rates, testability of IEEE-1149.6 AC-coupled digital networks and full in-system programming capabilities for Flash and CPLD devices,” says Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing engineer, Corelis. “This OEM agreement not only provides Teradyne customers direct access to these benefits, but also demonstrates Teradyne’s confidence in Corelis as a value-added solutions partner.”

“Teradyne welcomes the advanced Corelis boundary-scan solutions as an option for our in-circuit test systems,” said Bobby Griffis, marketing director for Teradyne’s Commercial Board Test Group. “Some of Teradyne’s key customers rely on Corelis boundary-scan products, and this implementation underlines Teradyne’s long-term product strategy to provide an open architecture in-circuit test platform for our customers and make it convenient for them to utilize the boundary-scan solutions which they value most.”

About Corelis
Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease-of-use and dedication to customer service. ScanExpress, USB-1149.1/CFM, and QuadTAP/CFM are trademarks of Corelis, Inc.

About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and complex electronic systems which serve consumer, communications, industrial and government customers. In 2011, Teradyne had sales of $1.4 billion and employs approximately 3,300 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne® is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. (including its subsidiaries) or their respective owners.

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Corelis Announces Multi-TAP JTAG Solution for Teradyne ICTs

Independent, Four-channel Support for Complete Control with Advanced JTAG Configurations.

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Cerritos, CA, April 3, 2012 – Following the recent USB-1149.1/CFM announcement showcasing a high-performance single-channel JTAG hardware platform for Teradyne ICTs, Corelis, Inc. announced today the QuadTAP/CFM, a four-channel JTAG hardware platform that seamlessly integrates advanced boundary-scan test capabilities into Teradyne in-circuit testers. The QuadTAP/CFM is designed specifically for use with Teradyne TestStation™ and GR228x series testers. The QuadTAP/CFM provides Teradyne users the benefit of:

• Advanced JTAG control using vacant slots on a Teradyne Custom Function Board (CFB)

• Configuration versatility—allowing up to two Test Access Ports (TAPs) with a single CFM slot or up to four TAPs using expander modules.

• Independently adjustable TAP interface voltages from 1.25V to 3.3V

• High-speed 100 MHz test clock rate for boundary-scan test support

• Compatibility with advanced IEEE-1149.6 AC-coupled digital networks

• In-system programming of Flash and CPLD devices including direct SPI and I2C support

The QuadTAP/CFM is a single slot Custom Functional Module (CFM) form factor board that installs directly into one of four slots on a Teradyne Custom Function Board (CFB). Integration is simple and transparent; once installed in the system, up to eight signals of the QuadTAP/CFM JTAG, GPIO, I²C, and SPI are available to test fixtures and the tester backplane. Additional signals are made available using the included Expander modules which install into additional CFB slots. Integrated SPI and I²C programming features make the QuadTAP/CFM an ideal and universal solution for boundary-scan, JTAG embedded test, and in-system programming applications.

“The QuadTAP/CFM offers a completely seamless and versatile hardware solution to meet multi-TAP JTAG testing requirements on existing Teradyne equipment,” says Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “Its flexible configuration is designed to handle a wide variety of JTAG signal layouts. Combining the QuadTAP/CFM with Corelis ScanExpress software provides the most complete JTAG test solution in the industry.”

About Corelis
Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Since its founding in 1991, Corelis has delivered a diverse range of electronic test equipment solutions for customers across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, manufacturing, networking, and telecommunications. Today, Corelis continues that trend with focus on product ease of use and dedication to customer service.

Source: Corelis Announces Multi-TAP JTAG Solution for Teradyne ICTs