XJTAG 2.1 Change Log

This document lists the main changes in each minor release of XJTAG. Please see the Release Notes for a list of major changes that came with version 2.1.

Version 2.1.13

Released 31st October 2008

• Installer: fix problems registering certain XJTAG components.

Version 2.1.12

Released 15th October 2008

• XJEase: optimise opening larger projects.
• XJEase: fix crash with a constant initialised to an empty string.
• XJDeveloper: fix crash when double clicking item in bus list.

Version 2.1.11

Released 29th September 2008

• Fix handling of compliance pins on JTAG devices.
• Add a -version switch to most command-line utilities.

Version 2.1.10

Released 16th September 2008

• XJEase: fix certain cases where the chain can break erroneously.
• Developer: fix crash when scanning the chain to identify JTAG devices.
• STAPL: support DRSCAN statements that include both CAPTURE and COMPARE clauses.

Version 2.1.9

Released 20th August 2008

• XJEase:
  • Force a pre-load after a JTAG reset since we cannot be sure of the state of the DR register.
  • Allow an output to be disabled even if it has no input.
  • Support new ALERT statement for compatability with future v2.2 release.
  • Fix PRINT output when printing percent signs.

Version 2.1.8

Released 4th August 2008

• Developer:
  • Visual fixes for machines with non-standard DPI settings.
  • Saving additional code files fails when the device file is in a different directory to the circuit file.
  • Changing disable values of pin creates warning that pin cannot be found.
  • Crash when trying to save a device file when the user does not have write access.
• Connection test: lists of pins on nets are sometimes incomplete.
• XJEase: add four more ASCII netlist converters.
• DFT: support coupled nets better.
• BSDL: fix crash if the boundary length was greater than the number of cells.
• XJAnalyser:
  • Always go to EXTEST via PRELOAD (SAMPLE).
  • Fix deadlock when the chain breaks after a conflict detected.
  • Cope with devices with a boundary register 1 bit long.

Version 2.1.6

Released 25th June 2008

• XJEase:
  • Constant pins that should have been driven were being left as inputs.
  • Fix specifying a bit range in a DR/IR statement in a raw JTAG block.
• Connection test: the ‘NET_TEST’ could report spurious errors in some circumstances.
• XJRunner integration: make sure the ‘busy’ cursor is removed once certain operations are complete.

Version 2.1.5

Released 20th June 2008

• XJDeveloper: new projects were being created with the IDCODE_CHECK property incorrectly set to FALSE.

Version 2.1.4

Released 19th June 2008

• XJEase:
  • Fix use of GETFREQ before the JTAG chain has been accessed.
  • Fix crash if GETFREQ was attempted to be used outside a raw JTAG block or if the JTAG chain was not defined.
  • CHECKCHAIN was exiting the currently running program if there was an XJEase function in a test reset sequence.
• Developer: allow all projects to be opened from read-only network shares.

Version 2.1.3

Released 13th June 2008

• Fix to the BSDL parser in non-English locales.
• XJDeveloper: Better update notification.
• Connection test: fix where an shorts can be reported twice.
• Connection test: better error reporting on multi-board projects.

Version 2.1.2

Released 10th June 2008

• XJDeveloper:
  • Require that devices attached to negative leg of differential pairs be categorised.
  • Automatically save the current project so that it can be recovered if XJDeveloper has to exit suddenly.
  • Don’t discard the IDCODE_CHECK chain property when opening and saving a project.
  • Display coupled nets in the explorer.
• XJDebug: accept filenames containing spaces.
• XJEase: allow other instructions to have the same opcode as BYPASS, so that a BSDL file can be modified to force a device to remain permanently in BYPASS.
• Add shortcuts to PDF format help files to the Start Menu.

Version 2.1.1

Released 3rd June 2008

• XJDeveloper: Improved performance when handling large netlists.
• Connection test: fix two issues with 1149.6 testing.
• Add LabWindows/CVI integration example.
• Improvements to XJEase flash tests.

Version 2.1.0

Released 22nd May 2008
Major release with new features

• IEEE 1149.6 Support
• XJDeveloper:
  • Integrated XJEase code editing
  • BOM file import
  • Creation of XJPack and Zip files

Older versions

2.0

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