JTAG CoreCommander

CoreCommander routines take control of key processor core (e.g. ARM, PPC, X-scale, Cortex etc.) functions using the built-in emulation/debug functions found in today’s RISC and DSP cores. They have been developed to speed-up board testing and debug by enabling kernel-centric testing.

CoreCommander offer two modes of operation:

  • Interactive – offering direct control of the core or;
  • Python embedded – where controls can be scripted into a complete program.

JTAG Live Buzz is automatically included for free with this product.

Features

  • JTAG control of µprocessors, and DSPs via core debug access
  • Most popular cores supported
  • Create cluster tests and flash applications

This product is available in our JTAG Live Shop.

  • Overcomes deficiencies in boundary-scan registers
  • Works with devices not compliant to IEEE std 1149.x
  • Most popular processor cores supported (ARM PPC etc.)
  • Code compatible with Python for test scripting
  • Low-cost compared to other solutions.
  • Supported by JTAG Technologies, JTAG Live and FTDI based controllers/interfaces
  • Simple to use interactive GUI to perform core writes/reads
  • Functions include ‘EnterDebug’, ‘ExitDebug’, ‘LoadMemory’, ‘SaveMemory’, ‘WritePC’, ‘ReadPC’
  • Compatible with Python open-source scripting language.
  • Works in tandem with JTAG Live Script – boundary-scan routines.

CoreCommander routines can be used to boost test coverage in applications that have only a small amount or even no IEEE std 1149.1 (conventional boundary-scan) test access options. By taking hold directly of the target processor’s core the user can write to or read from configuration registers and internal or external memory spaces.

 

Vendor xxx Microprocessor (cores)
Analog Devices Blackfin BF5xx
Blackfin BF60x
ARM ARM7
ARM9
ARM11
ARM – Cortex-A/R (For A5,A7,A8,A9,A15,R4,R5,R7)
ARM – Cortex-M (For M0,M1,M3,M4,M7, M0-SWD,M1-SWD,M3-SWD,M4-SWD,M7-SWD)
Infineon C166
Tricore
Intel (Altera) JTAG Technologies Translator for FPGAs
Marvell XSCALE – PXA25x / PXA26x
XSCALE – PXA3xx
XSCALE – PXA27x / IXP4xx
Microchip PIC32
NXP (Freescale) Coldfire
MPC5xx / MPC8xx
MPC5xxx
Renesas RH850/D1x / RH850/f1x
STMicroelectronics SPC5
Texas Instruments C28x  (TMS320  C2000 series)
Xilinx JTAG Technologies Translator for FPGAs

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