IEEE P1581 Fringe meeting 26-10-2004 agenda

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IEEE P1581Fringe meeting 26-10-2004 agenda

• Current status
• New input (Bob Russell)
• Follow up

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IEEE P1581 Status

• Draft overview
• Draft 1.3 at ITC2003 decided to finish draft as
  is and go for ballot (voted).
• Draft 1.4 textual update only (Sent for check up
  by KP)
• Draft 1.5 on website, reflector mail (30-06-04)
• Draft 1.6 added IEEE std formats. Sent for IEEE
  editorial review.
• Draft 1.7 update with editorial comments updated.
  On website, email reflector (18-10-04)
• -Ready for ballot-

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IEEE P1581 Status

• Procedural
• at ITC2003 decided to finish draft as is and go
  for ballot
• Now, ballot is ready to start
• Last minute technical changes should not
  interfere with our previous decision for ballot

Basic course of action 1. Proceed with
ballot and finish P1581. 2. New technical issues
to be solved in updates of P1581.
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IEEE P1581 technical

• Power up test mode (Bob Russell)
• Discussion
• Wait for ballot?
• Make a dedicated test pin optional?
• What WE cycle is general enough?
• Quick insertion prior to ballot possible?

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IEEE P1581 technical

• Con
• Timing issues between power up and EXTEST
• Care should be taken in driving test values to a
  few specific pins.
• Reentry not possible without power down
• Pro
• new test mode overcomes the extra test pin
• The test mode is transparent for non users
• An earlier test mode descriptions was like this
  one
• Also transparent and no pin but failed on the
  mentioned cons gt WG decided to go for test pin
  approach.