DFT Assistant For Altium Designer

Run Design For Test (DFT) Checks at the Schematic Capture stage

The XJTAG DFT Assistant is a free software extension developed by XJTAG^® for the Altium Designer unified development environment. Comprising much of the setup stages found in XJDeveloper, along with additional and unique functionality, it allows engineers to conduct Design For Test (DFT) checks of a design during the schematic capture stage.

• Fully integrated into Altium Designer
• Assisted board setup to carry out a JTAG DFT analysis
• Automatic import of netlist from Altium Designer
• Includes a JTAG access viewer that overlays testable nets in a design on a schematic diagram
• Analysis of results from the XJTAG Chain Checker tool clearly identifies potential errors in the chain(s)
• Provides three categories of error: connection, termination and compliance
• Shows testable nets using colour-coded connections
• Assisted categorisation of logic and passive devices, to extend scan chains
• Export projects for use in XJDeveloper

• • Carry out a DFT analysis for Boundary Scan access from within Altium Designer
  • Avoid errors early in the development cycle, reducing PCB re-spins or modifications
  • Understand where your JTAG chain provides test access through color-coded views
  • Extend your Boundary Scan test coverage by correctly implementing
  JTAG chains
  • Improve the production process and
  reduce your time-to-market
  • Export all data to XJDeveloper
  (Full or Evaluation License for XJTAG
  tools required)