Corelis Adds JET Support for TI Sitara ARM Microprocessors

Non-intrusive functional test solution for high performance ARM microprocessors

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Cerritos, CA, December 6, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today ScanExpress JET™ support for Texas Instruments Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™-A8 and ARM9™ microprocessors, specifically the AM37x, DM37x, and AM18x families. ScanExpress JTAG Embedded Test (JET) is a cutting edge test methodology providing at-speed testing of embedded processor-based electronic printed circuit boards and systems to detect, isolate, and diagnose structural and functional defects while minimizing test development time and resource investment.

ScanExpress JET utilizes a processor’s JTAG debug port to download and command execution of microprocessor coded test steps which enable at-speed functional testing of the processor and all major peripheral interfaces. ScanExpress JET also provides an integrated development environment allowing users to create or import their own scripted test cases through a simplified graphical user interface. Benefits of using ScanExpress JET for TI Sitara ARM microprocessors include:

• Standardized interface tests for SDRAM memory, I2C, Ethernet, PMIC, and UART
• Fast in-system programming and testing of parallel and serial NOR and NAND Flash
• Automatic test development for supported peripherals
• Integrated scripting environment for test customization
• No boot code requirement for test execution

"The IEEE-1149.1 JTAG standard has quietly evolved to close the test coverage gaps created by technology miniaturization and high-speed interfaces," states Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. "Processor driven test solutions, such as ScanExpress JET, are able to remove the necessity of having a large number of JTAG devices on a board to justify JTAG testing—a single MPU is often adequate. Applications for Texas Instruments Sitara ARM microprocessors represent the typical high performance, low accessibility case where they are the only JTAG device in a design making them great candidates to apply this technology."

Sitara microprocessors are utilized in applications such as retail point-of-sale terminals, industrial automation, human machine interfaces, single-board computing, network storage, and network printing. ScanExpress JET for TI Sitara ARM microprocessors is designed to provide engineers with a ready-to-use solution that helps speed up their design, development, and test processes. To receive additional education on the benefits of embedded testing, download the ScanExpress JET whitepaper today at:

http://www.corelis.com/whitepapers/ScanExpress_JET_Whitepaper.pdf.

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 Adds JET Support for TI Sitara ARM Microprocessors

Corelis Extends JTAG Embedded Testing to Freescale i.MX51

JTAG functional test solution for i.MX51 applications processors increases test coverage

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Cerritos, CA, November 15, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today ScanExpress JET™ support for all members of the Freescale i.MX51 family of applications processors. ScanExpress JTAG Embedded Test (JET) provides at-speed testing of embedded processor-based electronic printed circuit boards and systems to detect, isolate, and diagnose structural and functional defects with minimal development and investment.

ScanExpress JET controls the i.MX51’s ARM Cortex™-A8 core through the JTAG debug port, enabling development and execution of binary and script test steps using a graphical user interface on the host PC. Benefits of using ScanExpress JET for i.MX51 applications processors include:

• Standardized interface tests for SDRAM memory, I2C, Ethernet, PMIC, and UART

• Fast in-system programming and testing of parallel and serial NOR and NAND Flash

• Fully automatic test development for all supported peripherals

• Integrated scripting environment for test customization

• No boot code requirement for test execution

Freescale i.MX51 applications processors offer low power, efficient multimedia processing and are targeted at consumer, industrial, automotive, and general embedded applications, representing an ideal platform for ScanExpress JET. “Systems built around the i.MX51 are often designed to fit a particular form factor and need to be highly reliable,” explains Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “These constraints contribute to the need for automated non-intrusive, at-speed functional tests. ScanExpress JET offers significant functional test coverage with minimal impact on the system design—a simple JTAG connection offers complete control over the CPU allowing convenient and reusable tests for development and production.”

To receive additional education on the benefits of embedded testing, download the ScanExpress JET whitepaper today at:

http://www.corelis.com/whitepapers/ScanExpressJET_Whitepaper.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 Extends JTAG Embedded Testing to Freescale i.MX51

Corelis Announces JTAG Embedded Testing for AMD Processors

Complete functional test solution for Athlon, Turion, and Opteron product families.

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Cerritos, CA, October 17, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today ScanExpress JET support for AMD embedded processors. Supported AMD processor families include Turion™ II Neo, Athlon™ II Neo, Opteron™ 4100, and Opteron™ Quad-Core (socket Fr5). These processors represent high-performance, low power processing for edge-of-enterprise markets including storage and telecommunications, as well as more traditional embedded markets such as security and medical imaging, military systems, and single-board computing.

ScanExpress JET is the industry’s preferred solution for automated at-speed, non-intrusive functional testing. With ScanExpress JET, JTAG supported CPUs provide the centerpiece for printed circuit board testability, enabling an extension of test coverage typically not available through other methods. The major benefits of using ScanExpress JET for AMD embedded processors include:

• Standardized tests for SDRAM memory, SPI Flash, I2C, and UART
• HyperTransport™ link validation
• Peripheral detection on PCI & PCIe buses
• Fully automatic test development for all supported peripherals
• No boot code requirement for test execution

“Requirements for embedded test techniques continue to grow due to increasing signal speeds and lack of test point access, exceeding the capabilities of traditional bed-of-nails test methods,” cites Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “ScanExpress JET now delivers a commercially off-the-shelf embedded test solution specifically targeted towards designers, developers, and production test personnel employing leading-edge AMD technology.”

To receive additional education on the benefits of embedded testing, download the ScanExpress JET whitepaper today at:
http://www.corelis.com/whitepapers/ScanExpressJET_Whitepaper.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 Announces JTAG Embedded Testing for AMD Processors

Corelis Offers Advanced JTAG Solution for Teradyne ICTs

New Hardware Platform Features IEEE-1149.6 AC-coupled testing, automatic vector generation, and In-System Programming.
Cerritos, CA, October 4, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today the USB-1149.1/CFM, a JTAG hardware platform that seamlessly integrates advanced boundary-scan test patterns into Teradyne in-circuit testers. The USB-1149.1/CFM is designed specifically for use with Teradyne TestStation and GR228x series testers. By utilizing the USB-1149.1/CFM with Corelis’ ScanExpress family of JTAG software products, Teradyne users gain the benefit of:

• High-speed 100 MHz clock rate boundary-scan test support
• JTAG test vector reusability across multiple manufacturing test stations
• Testing of IEEE-1149.6 AC-coupled digital networks
• In-system programming of Flash and CPLD devices including direct SPI and I²C support
• Fully automated boundary-scan test vector generation and execution
• A powerful script engine to customize boundary-scan tests

The USB-1149.1/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, the USB-1149.1/CFM JTAG, GPIO, I2C, and SPI signals are available to test fixtures and the tester backplane. Integrated SPI and I2C programming features make the USB-1149.1/CFM an ideal and universal solution for combined boundary-scan, JTAG embedded test, and in-system programming applications.

Harrison Miles, Director of Business Development at Corelis, states, “Requirements for boundary-scan solutions will continue to grow as a result of increasing PCB complexities and technology miniaturization. Adding boundary-scan to in-circuit testers represents a logical step for increasing system capability as high-speed buses and accessibility issues continue to become more prevalent.”

“The USB-1149.1/CFM is designed specifically to ease boundary-scan deployment with existing Teradyne equipment,” adds Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “Our solution delivers increased test coverage, faster test times, and lower overall costs, allowing customers to maintain a notable ROI on their Teradyne systems.”

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 Offers Advanced JTAG Solution for Teradyne ICTs

Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.6 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

Software Features First AMD Family 10 Support, NI HSDIO Integration.
Cerritos, CA, September 13, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced the availability of the latest version of its powerful ScanExpress Boundary-Scan Tool Suite. The new Version 7.6 CD is the first test tool to include JTAG embedded test (JET) support for AMD Family 10 processors, enabling processor emulation-based testing capabilities on AMD ASB2 (BGA), Opteron 4100, and Quad-Core Opteron CPUs.

The new ScanExpress CD also features innovative integration with National Instruments High-Speed Digital I/O (HSDIO) hardware as a JTAG/boundary-scan controller. All ScanExpress products now fully support the 655x series of digital instruments with JTAG test clock (TCK) rates of up to 30 MHz, allowing tighter integration of ScanExpress software into NI test platforms.

Additional CD improvements include:

• New test scripting functions and features including direct JTAG scan functions, global script variables, and test time stamping.
• New pin direction constraints for ScanExpress TPG’s test vector generator.
• Overhauled Topology Viewer, now including a visual representation of all components on the scan chain, including series resistors, test connectors, and more.
• Support for Blackhawk XDS560v2 series JTAG controllers.
• JTAG embedded test support for Freescale i.MX51 and Texas Instruments AM/DM37x processors.

Current Corelis customers that have a valid maintenance contract can now access the new Version 7.6 CD through the existing support website. To inquire about a maintenance package or to obtain a full list of improvements, please contact Terri Martinez, Maintenance Program Administrator, at (562) 926-6727; or send an email to terri.martinez@corelis.com.

As always, Corelis offers free training to its 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:
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. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.6 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

Corelis Celebrates its Twenty Year Anniversary at ITC 2011

Showcasing September 20-22 at the International Test Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California.
 Cerritos, CA, September 6, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today it will celebrate 20 years of operation at the International Test Conference this September 20th in Anaheim, CA. 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.

At the International Test Conference, Corelis will showcase TestGenie and Runner-Lite, two recent product initiatives which promote complete turn-key based boundary-scan solutions. They will also be discussing their recent integration with National Instruments hardware in addition to new features for the upcoming 7.6 CD release.

“Twenty years is a considerable milestone for any company,” states George B. La Fever, President and CEO at Corelis. “We attribute our success to our customers, but we are also truly blessed to have a dedicated staff that ensures our customers come first. We continually look for ways to optimize our operations in every facet of our business model, focused to the needs of our customers.”

Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis declares, “It’s satisfying knowing that our products have withstood the test of time, but it’s even more satisfying seeing our customers be successful in their products as well. We take pride knowing that we have directly assisted companies in producing higher quality products and getting to market faster.”
 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. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis Celebrates its Twenty Year Anniversary at ITC 2011

Corelis Offers Integrated JTAG Solution with National Instruments

High Speed Digital I/O Platform Doubles as a JTAG Controller.

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Cerritos, CA, August 23, 2011 – Corelis, Inc. today announced support for National Instruments High Speed Digital I/O (HSDIO) instruments with Corelis’ ScanExpress suite of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools. The marriage of National Instruments hardware with Corelis software provides a seamless path for deploying boundary-scan test and programming capabilities on existing PCI, PXI, and PXIe test platforms.

Boundary-scan integration support is provided for National Instruments 655x series HSDIO instruments, including the new PXIe-6556 model. In addition to functioning as a digital waveform generator/analyzer for characterizing, validating, and testing digital electronics, integration with ScanExpress tools enables these cards to connect to and control a circuit board’s JTAG Test Access Port at voltages as low as 1.2V with test clock speeds up to 30MHz. The ScanExpress software allows users to select NI 655x series cards through the native GUI interface or alternatively by using LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and TestStand with a DLL-based API interface.

“Our customers continue to gain awareness of the value offered by deploying boundary-scan technology earlier in the product design cycle—both as a means to increase efficiency and to improve the bottom line,” states Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “Adding National Instruments hardware product support to Corelis software aligns well with this movement; NI products are already used extensively in the design, development, and test environments. The comfort, convenience, and peace of mind in using familiar equipment help engineers reduce the learning curve when employing JTAG test.”

For more information, visit http://www.corelis.com/NI-Partner.

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. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis Offers Integrated JTAG Solution with National Instruments

Corelis JET Amplifies QSC Audio Products Production Test

Corelis JTAG Embedded Test (JET) reduces test time, adds non-intrusive functional test.

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Cerritos, CA, May 9, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance JTAG test and measurement tools, announced today the successful integration and deployment of the ScanExpress JTAG Embedded Test (JET) functional test system at the production facilities of QSC Audio Products, LLC in Costa Mesa, California. QSC, a leader and pioneer in professional audio products for over four decades, implemented Corelis ScanExpress JET alongside ScanExpress boundary-scan tools to increase Flash programming rates and total test coverage during manufacturing.

QSC’s Q-Sys™ Integrated System Platform was selected as the initial target platform for ScanExpress JET deployment. Q-Sys is a complete routing, processing, and control solution for large scale applications built around the Q-Sys Core—a centralized processor responsible for managing audio processing and control functions. Rising demand for Q-Sys production led QSC to a point where test and programming times became an increasing bottleneck.

“QSC had been successfully using Corelis boundary-scan test systems in production for almost a decade now,” explains Corelis Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Ryan Jones. “Integration with JET offered the next logical step to reduce their test time and meet their growing production requirements. It demonstrates our software’s ability to grow alongside our customers.”

Corelis applications engineers were quickly able to implement JET technology in QSC’s Q-Sys test process. QSC Digital Test Engineer, Jose Gutierrez comments, “As far as product support goes, Corelis gets a 1000%. We were quite pleased with the ease of JET integration. Corelis technical support really went out of their way to offer assistance with getting things up and running.”

Combined with QSC’s boundary-scan tests, JET added blazingly fast ISP as well as at-speed RAM tests. According to Gutierrez, “Test time per unit was reduced from 10 minutes just for programming the Flash down to around 2 minutes. This was exactly the solution we needed.”

About QSC Audio Products, LLC
QSC Audio Products, LLC is a leading manufacturer of power amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal processing, digital signal transport, and computer control systems for professional audio markets worldwide.

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. Corelis’ development and test tools are used by companies such as Agilent, Dell, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Qualcomm, Nokia, Panasonic, TI, Ford, Broadcom, Ericsson, and many others. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis JET Amplifies QSC Audio Products Production Test

Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.5 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

CD Features IEEE-1149.6 Test Development Automation, Expanded Scripting.
Cerritos, CA, April 11, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced the availability of the latest version of its powerful ScanExpress Boundary-Scan Tool Suite. The new Version 7.5 CD accelerates IEEE-1149.6 test development with new automation features. ScanExpress TPG now includes automatic identification and classification of resistors and capacitors involved in IEEE-1149.6 high speed, AC-coupled, and differential circuits.

CD improvements also include:

• New scripting functions including SPI & I2C functions, GPIO control, third-party program execution, and access to test session information.
• Support for multiple ID codes per boundary-scan device.
• Project archive wizard for exporting, transporting, and restoring ScanExpress projects.
• New ScanExpress JET support for ARM Cortex-M3 & Cortex-A8 cores.
• Additional ScanExpress JET processor support for STM32x, MPC831x, i.MX1, and i.MXL CPUs.

Current Corelis customers that have a valid maintenance contract can now access the new Version 7.5 CD through the existing support website. To inquire about a maintenance package or to obtain a full list of improvements, please contact Terri Martinez, Maintenance Program Administrator, at (562) 926-6727; or send an email to terri.martinez@corelis.com.

As always, Corelis offers free training to its 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. Corelis’ development and test tools are used by companies such as Agilent, Dell, IBM, Jabil, Intel, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Qualcomm, Nokia, Panasonic, TI, Ford, Plexus, Broadcom, Ericsson, Flextronics, and many others. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis Releases New CD Version 7.5 Boundary-Scan Tool Suite

Corelis Completes Move to New Headquarters and Expands Training Program

Larger facilities provide for increased production, R&D, and product training.

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Cerritos, CA, January 11, 2011 – Corelis, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, has moved its headquarters to a new building that is thirty percent larger. The expanded capacity enables Corelis to meet client demand for increased production, research and development, and product training.
“The additional space affords us the opportunity to expand our popular training classes and to offer complete, interactive, hands-on demonstrations in our new show room,” said Ryan Jones, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelis. “We’ve made it our mission to provide free JTAG and boundary-scan education to as many clients as possible; ensuring a sizable and comfortable training facility is vital to achieving this goal and maintaining our high customer service standards.”

The new facilities, based in Cerritos, California, are conveniently located on Alondra Boulevard within a mile of Corelis’ previous building headquarters. Corelis continues to offer free monthly, in-person JTAG and boundary-scan training classes at Corelis headquarters. Visit http://www.corelis.com/training/ for more information or to sign up for a training class.

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. Corelis’ development and test tools are used by companies such as Agilent, Dell, IBM, Jabil, Intel, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Qualcomm, Nokia, Panasonic, TI, Ford, Plexus, Broadcom, Ericsson, Flextronics, and many others. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Source: Corelis Completes Move to New Headquarters and Expands Training Program