Cambridge Broadband Selects XJTAG as Global Test Solution Partner.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004 Cambridge Broadband Cambridge Broadband is a manufacturer of carrier-class broadband wireless transmission equipment, namely the VectaStar product line. The product operates in licensed 3.5 GHz, 10.5 GHz and 26 GHz (24.5–26. (www.cambridgebroadband.com), the fixed wireless access solutions provider, has selected XJTAG Limited (www.xjtag.com), a specialist design and test tool developer and part of the Cambridge Technology Group, as its global test solution partner. Cambridge Broadband has signed a multiple licence agreement to make the XJTAG Development System available in key global locations including the UK, China and Malaysia. The System will also be used by Cambridge Broadband's contract manufacturing partner, Benchmark Electronics, for testing production boards. "We assessed the solutions from several leading boundary scan See scan technology. boundary scan - The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the test suppliers and opted for the XJTAG Development System because of its price, reusability of scripts and its 'unbeatable' speed of test development," said Alistair Massarella, co-founder and head of product integration at Cambridge Broadband. "Using XJTAG we can now test and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. our boards in days as opposed to weeks and we don't need dedicated people. This product has transformed our test regime, our designers are now JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) An IEEE standard for boundary scan technology. See scan technology. JTAG - Joint Test Action Group aware and we are getting our boards into the field far more quickly than before." The sales success of Cambridge Broadband's VectaStar 3500 system - which is being increasingly adopted by network operators as an alternative broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solution providing data rates up to 60Mbps with guaranteed quality of service - means that there are already thousands of units and printed circuit boards deployed globally. With 20 different boards in its portfolio and lots of new development in the pipeline, its engineers needed a solution that could be used at various stages in the product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. : by its engineers for debug and testing early prototypes; by its contract manufacturing partners for production testing; and for testing, upgrading and repairing boards in the field. "Speed of deployment of our VectaStar system is our key competitive advantage so it was important that we adopted a test solution that was fast, versatile, easy-to-use and portable. It also had to be able to test BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. devices," added Alistair Massarella. "What's great about XJTAG is its ability to test JTAG and non-JTAG devices - our boards are a mixture of both - and perhaps, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , is the fact that XJTAG test scripts The instructions in a test program. It defines the actions and pass/fail criteria. For example, if the action is "to enter a valid account number," the expected result is that the data are accepted. Entering an invalid number should yield a particular error message. See test case. are reusable and portable across different boards which saves our engineers so much time." The powerful and easy-to-use XJTAG Development System is designed to cut the cost and shorten the development cycle of electronic products and provides a unique solution that can test JTAG as well as non-JTAG devices. XJTAG can test a high proportion of a circuit including BGA and chip scale devices, SDRAMs, Ethernet controllers, video interfaces, flash memories, FPGAs, microprocessors and many other devices. For more information about XJTAG visit www.xjtag.com. An extended version of this news release is available on request or from www.xjtag.com. |
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