A Windows BS test controller application

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A Windows BS test controller application

• J. M. Martins Ferreira
• FEUP / DEEC - Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
• 4200-537 Porto - PORTUGAL
• Tel. [phone] / Fax [phone]
• (jmf_at_fe.up.pt / http//www.fe.up.pt/jmf)

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Objectives

• To enable the students to write and execute real
  test programs (using the PC parallel port)
• To provide a tool for test program validation
• To enable hands-on sessions

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Outline

• The test set up
• The Windows BS test controller application
• Main window
• Control bar
• Status information
• Pop-down menus
• Editing area

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Test set up

• A PC running Windows (2000, ME, XP,), a 5 V
  power supply, a flat-cable connector (for the
  parallel port)and the 1149.1 /1149.5 hardware

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The JTAGer application (main window)
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JTAGer control bar
Windows State diagram
Run Event-by-Event
Windows Waveforms
Run Step-by-Step
Save file
Utilities Bitstream shifter
Run Reset
Open file
New file
Search
Help
Run Speed Run
Clear all breakpoints
Run Pause
JTAGer About
Goto line number
Run Execute code
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Status information
Displays the state of each error flag (there are
eight error flags for each TAP)
Displays the contents of each counter (there is
one general purpose counter for each TAP)
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The pop-down menus (File, Edit, Run)
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The pop-down menus(Windows)
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The pop-down menus(Utilities)
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The editing area
The reset button switches between run and edit
modes
Breakpoints may be inserted or removed using the
leftmost column
Syntax of each line label instruction //
comment (anything after // or ! is seen as a
comment)
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A small application example