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Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 12 – Working with a Netlist (Cont’d.)

Michael Johnson

November 8, 2023
6:52 am

Using the Device Browser to specify cluster, dummy, and resistor models for non-Boundary Scan devices on our board. This blog is a continuation of Part 11, "Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect – Working with a Netlist".

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 11 – Working with a Netlist

Michael Johnson

October 31, 2023
7:13 am

Before we can test our device-to-device interconnects with an Interconnect action, we need to complete the Describe Design step. In this blog post we discuss working with netlists.

Silent Data Corruption: A Survey Article

Alan Sguigna

October 29, 2023
5:26 pm

The topic of Silent Data Corruption (SDC) is very hot; in short, SDC is a result of flaws within a semiconductor that causes invisible errors in the data that it processes. As one example of this, a CPU might erroneously calculate 1+1 and yield 3.

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 10: Scan Path Verify Debug

Michael Johnson

October 25, 2023
11:00 am

In this blog we look at running the Scan Path Verify action options from a Debugger Dialog. The 3 types of options available in the debugger dialog are sufficient to gain more insight and diagnose issues with the Scan Path.

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 9: Scan Path Verify Failures

Michael Johnson

October 20, 2023
7:04 am

Let's continue to analyze the errors produced when running the Scan Path Verify action. The remaining 4 options are IDCODE, Boundary-Scan Length, USERCODE and TRST.

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 8: BSDL Syntax and Semantics Errors and Scan Path Verify Failures

Michael Johnson

October 13, 2023
7:36 am

What if there is an error in the BSDL file(s)? This blog post takes a deeper look at BSDL syntax and semantics errors and Scan Path Verify failures and how ScanWorks helps to identify problems with the Scan Path.

ASSET Releases ScanWorks 4.11.0. and Reaches a Significant Milestone

Michael Johnson

October 3, 2023
8:10 am

This latest release of ScanWorks (4.11.0) sets the platform for empowering the next generation of ScanWorks users. Read about 4.11.0 feature improvements and a few fun facts about ScanWorks, a platform for accessing silicon-embedded instrumentation.

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 7: Building the Scan Path Verify Action

Michael Johnson

September 29, 2023
1:03 pm

Boundary Scan devices must be capable of executing all Boundary Scan instructions specified by the IEEE 1149.1 standard. If the Boundary Scan devices are not capable of executing these instructions correctly, the ScanWorks test actions that is built, when applied to the UUT, will return incorrect data. This blog goes into details for how to build the ScanPath Verify action using ScanWorks.

WinDbg with Intel Processor Trace

Alan Sguigna

August 27, 2023
3:36 pm

Here’s an example of combining WinDbg’s OS-aware debug capabilities with SourcePoint’s support for Intel Processor Trace (PT).

The Windows 7 Attack Surface

Alan Sguigna

August 20, 2023
12:20 pm

Windows 7 was End-of-Life’d on January 14, 2020, and Microsoft’s Extended Security Update (ESU) plan, available to select customers, ended on January 10, 2023. Without ongoing support, cybersecurity attacks on this older operating system are rising. Why is that, what vulnerabilities are these exposed to, and what are the mitigations employed by more current operating systems?

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 12 – Working with a Netlist (Cont’d.)

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 11 – Working with a Netlist

Silent Data Corruption: A Survey Article

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 10: Scan Path Verify Debug

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 9: Scan Path Verify Failures

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 8: BSDL Syntax and Semantics Errors and Scan Path Verify Failures

ASSET Releases ScanWorks 4.11.0. and Reaches a Significant Milestone

Everything You Need to Know About ScanWorks Interconnect Part 7: Building the Scan Path Verify Action

WinDbg with Intel Processor Trace

The Windows 7 Attack Surface

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