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Groundhog Day Sale

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:30:37 +0000

EVERYTHING YOU NEED

Nashua, NH by-way-of Gobbler’s Nob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania – Well, it’s official! The groundhog poked out and saw its shadow. Settle in for six more weeks of winter. The upside is, you have six more weeks to not worry about nice sunny days and walks in the park with sunshine on your face. That means more winter time to dedicate to developing and debugging your projects so when spring does finally arrive, you’re ready to take full advantage of the nice spring weather.

We know you’re busy, but bargains are always welcome. Flynn Systems is announcing its Groundhog Day Special.

Even though we all got the bad news that winter is continuing for six more weeks, we want to give you some good news about boundary scan test tools. When you purchase any onTAP Boundary Scan Software license, we are giving you the option to add another license to your package for FREE*. That’s right, FREE. Buy a development seat for the lab, or an MTO for manufacturing, and get another one for a co-worker. You have your choice of an MTO or DLL.

Act fast, this offer only lasts until the first official day of spring – March 20, 2010

We look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to contact us to discuss your boundary scan application.

THE SMALL PRINT:

*Free onTAP software offer applies to all quotes generated between Feb. 2 2010 and March 20, 2010 and is limited to one free license per quote. Offer is also limited to either an MTO or DLL. Offer expires on March 20, 2010.

Accepting New Turnkey JTAG Projects

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:58:35 +0000

Flynn Systems wants to let our users know that we are accepting new JTAG / Boundary Scan projects for Q1-2/10

While our standard Technical Support provides assistance with test and development issues, our boundary scan test development services go beyond onTAP technical support services by taking the boundary scan / JTAG test development and debugging off your plate, allowing you to focus your undivided attention on your core business issues as you move through development and prototyping into manufacturing.

Our Boundary Scan Test Development Service is very popular with both existing and new customers. In fact, 4 out of 5 customers who have used onTAP boundary scan test development services once, immediately recognize the cost and time savings, and return within 4 months with another project. By turning over your JTAG / Boundary Scan test development to Flynn Systems, you are able focus on other aspects of your project without being distracted by developing and debugging boundary scan tests.

We ensure that your boundary scan tests are maximized for the highest possible fault coverage, are completely debugged, and are ready for the manufacturing floor, so the end user only has to “press a button.”

We support our tests and we will support you and/or your contract manufacturer by answering questions and bringing all parties involved up-to-speed with boundary scan test and onTAP procedures and reports.

Our test development features:

JTAG TAP infrastructure tests.
Interconnect tests including detection of opens, shorts, stuck-at, bus-wire, pull-up/down related faults.
Memory tests
Cluster tests of non-JTAG components
Flash programming
In-system programming configuration
Pin-level diagnostics
On-going support

All of our tests are comprehensive, accurate, supported and reliable.

Call us today to get started.

Click here to learn more about onTAP Turnkey Service

Boundary-Scan Lösung präsentiert sich auf der Productronica

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:15:33 +0000

ATEcare, die deutsche Vertretung von Flynn Systems Corporation zeigt und erklärt Ihnen die neueste onTAP-Software zusammen mit dem ebenfalls neu entworfenen onTAP HighSpeed USB Dual Channel JTAG Test- und Programmierkabel in Halle A1 Stand 452.

ATEcare demonstriert, wie Sie onTAP in Verbindung mit einem High-End Funktions-Test einsetzen können. Zusätzlich stellt ATEcare Test- und Inspektionskonzepte AOI, SPI, ICT und AXI in Halle A1 Stand 454 aus.

Bitte besuchen Sie uns, sprechen Sie mit unseren Vertretern um mehr über die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von onTAP zu erfahren. Nutzen Sie das Know-how von ATEcare in allen Bereichen des Fertigungstests.

Productronica ist, "The world’s leading trade fair for all aspects of innovative electronics production – with an almost 100% share of high-profile trade visitors."

Halle A1 Stand 452

ATEcare bietet onTAP Anwendern in Europa einen umfassenden Support in allen Bereichen: Service, Applikation und Training.

Besuchen Sie ATEcare im Internet oder nehmen Sie direkt Kontakt auf:

www.ATEcare.net
info@ATEcare.com

Visit onTAP Boundary Scan / JTAG at Productronica

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:00:43 +0000

ATE Care, Flynn Systems Corporation’s German distributor of onTAP Boundary Scan Software, will exhibit onTAP Boundary Scan Software along with the new onTAP HighSpeed USB Dual Channel JTAG Test and Programming cable at Productronica
November 10 – 13 in Hall A1 Stand 452.

ATE Care will offer displays and demonstrations of onTAP Boundary Scan Software and Hardware in Hall A1 Stand 452 in conjunction with their High-End Functional Test exhibit. They will also exhibit their AOI, SPI, ICT, and AXI capabilities in Hall A1 Stand 454.

Please stop by to speak with our representatives and learn more about onTAP and how it coupled with ATE Care’s experience and vast knowledge base of boundary scan and functional test will improve your boundary scan / JTAG test and debugging efforts.

Productronica is, "The world’s leading trade fair for all aspects of innovative electronics production – with an almost 100% share of high-profile trade visitors."

Hall A1 Stand 452

ATE Care provides onTAP users in Europe with extensive onTAP boundary scan knowledge and ATE test services, along with specialized German Language support services for onTAP Boundary Scan Test Software.

Visit ATE Care:

www.ATEcare.net
info@ATEcare.com

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30 MHz High Speed Boundary Scan Testing & Programming

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:29:43 +0000

Boundary scan testing and programming is gaining popularity with designers, developers, and as a result, manufacturers. It is the responsibility of boundary scan test vendors to develop and provide end users with tools that are faster, more flexible, more robust, and more cost effective those previously available.

The onTAP HighSpeed USB JTAG Test and Programming Cable delivers onTAP Boundary Scan software users a fast, flexible, PC based, high speed test and programming tool. Flynn Systems designed this device from the ground up, with usability in mind.

This new JTAG controller is self powered at 3.3.V and built with two self adjusting JTAG ports, both capable of test and programming speeds up to 28.8MHz. It also has an external voltage, adjustable from 1.8V to 4.5V. The new USB driver for the onTAP HighSpeed USB JTAG test and programming cable enables users to test multiple JTAG chains faster, smoother, with more responsiveness. Aside from all of the features, one of the greatest benefits is this new cable cuts flash programming times by half.

The onTAP HighSpeed USB JTAG Test and Programming Cable can be run with other of the same cables to expand test and programming capability.

Learn more about this boundary scan device.

Expand Your Boundary Scan Tests: Tap Serializer and GPIO is Here

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:54:10 +0000

Flynn Systems is pleased to unveil its newest hardware tool for boundary scan/JTAG testing: The onTAP Serializer and GPIO board.

The onTAP Serializer and GPIO Board is a true "utility board" for the simple organization and execution of multiple boundary scan chains and applications. This board is designed for testing, programming, and debugging up to four chains per Serializer and GPIO Board by providing four JTAG taps that receive either a ribbon cable or flying lead link from the user’s target board(s). This enables users to easily test and program multiple boards with individualized tests for each unit under test (UUT).

The Serializer and GPIO board can also be daisy chained to another Serializer and GPIO Board, further expanding test capability.

Furthermore, the onTAP Serializer and GPIO board provides 196 easily accessible CPLD based drive and capture points to expand your debug capability.

With this new tool for onTAP, boundary scan users with the need to test, debug, and/or program multiple applications at once now have a cost effective, flexible, organized means for implementing and executing their boundary scan test strategy.

Click here to learn more.

PC Based Parallel JTAG Testing

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:59:13 +0000

Flynn Systems Corp announces support for PC based parallel JTAG testing and programming. Keeping with the value based approach to delivering boundary scan test solutions, Flynn Systems has harnessed the power of the multi-core processor to divide tasks, enabling users to simultaneously test and program multiple applications without speed penalties.

This type of functionality adds to the overall ease of use and increases productivity in a design, prototype, and especially manufacturing environment. Ryan Flynn, Director of Marketing for Flynn Systems states, “Our customers have been searching for a way to make this possible with onTAP. We have explored PXI and PCIe, which are still developments we intend to offer, but the greatest need was for our customers to have increased flexibility in test and programming in the design, prototype, and manufacturing environment at a very low cost.” The release of this function precedes the anticipated arrival of the new 30MHz USB JTAG Test and Programming cable Flynn Systems plans to release mid-summer 2009.

Flynn Systems continues to develop and deliver new tools that improve user experience by making tools that expand the capability one has with IEEE 1149.X JTAG standards while maintaining their philosophy of providing the best possible tools at the best possible price. Keep an eye out for new developments from Flynn Systems throughout 2009.

Learn more about the practical application of onTAP PC Based Parallel Testing – click here.

Escape Communications Selects onTAP as its Embedded JTAG Solution

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:00:59 +0000

(text version – download PDF version here)

The challenge:

Escape Communications of Torrance, CA (www.escapecom.com), a trusted provider of point-to-point microwave radio indoor units (IDUs) for commercial telecommunications OEMs and custom advanced signal processing designs for major space and defense contractors, sought to improve their physical user interface for testing, especially during the manufacturing process. Having already developed a test executive with an intuitive GUI, Escape then needed to eliminate proprietary third party test fixtures, some of which were outdated and unreliable, and integrate reliable, easy to use, and cost-effective test capabilities into their new Automated Test Board (ATB) design.

In previous projects, Escape had recognized the high value of comprehensive IEEE 1149.1 tests and had successfully used onTAP software for boundary scan test applications. The major test and development challenges for their current ATB project were limited physical access to the board and limited boundary scan access. “Some devices were not able to interface via boundary scan,” said Ted Pascaru, Director of Operations for Escape Communications, “and other devices required proprietary test and programming methods…We needed a solution that would make it easier for us, our customers, and manufacturers to access the board and conduct the necessary tests.”

Escape set out to develop a method that provided boundary scan access along with the needed access to the devices with special provisions. Such a strategy, Pascaru explained, “Would enable our customers, and subsequently our CMs, to implement reliable, user-friendly, cost-effective tests without the need to purchase suites of separate test tools and licenses.”

The Escape Communications EXM-2L16 is their flagship product offering 16 native T1/E1 tributaries and offering optional built-in switched protection / receive diversity. The EXM-2L16 supports arbitrary bandwidths from 3.5 to 30 MHz and transport capacities from 5 Mbps to 170 Mbps (QPSK to 256 QAM).

The solution:

Escape Communications asked Flynn Systems to help them tackle the challenge of embedding boundary scan tests into their ATB design through the use of readily available, off-the-shelf firmware in order to minimize customization and engineering development costs. Escape selected the FTDI 2232D Dual USB UART/FIFO IC chip for the ATB test interface, the same chip Flynn Systems uses in their USB JTAG Test and Programming cable. Escape and Flynn have both had great success with this particular device due to its versatility and full range of capabilities for test and development purposes.

The Escape solution confines the necessary test equipment to little more than a common high speed A-A USB 2.0 cable, controlling the embedded FTDI chip through Escape’s board design and its own test executive. The result: “Now we have created a way to easily access the board and perform all the necessary functions for the different devices on the board. Flynn was easy to work with and open to the idea of embedding a solution,” Pascaru noted. Instead of having several cables and test and programming pods interfacing with the board, there is one embedded device connected to the test PC via a standard USB 2.0 port.

Escape Communications Automatic Test Board (ATB) with embedded onTAP JTAG test via USB port

How it Works with onTAP:

From a single test port, a design, test, or manufacturing test engineer can simply plug the board into an onTAP-enabled PC or laptop, and run a complete suite of pre-developed onTAP boundary scan tests. onTAP’s automated test generation delivers the highest possible fault coverage with a graphical debugging environment that provides pin-level diagnostic messages and detailed test reports. Pascaru is pleased with the outcome of the seamless integration of onTAP with Escape’s Automated Test Board. The comprehensive test results provided by onTAP enable users to identify and repair faults on boards under test more quickly and easily than ever before.

About Escape Communications:

Founded in 1998, Escape Communications provides indoor units (IDUs), high-speed modem modules, and Satcom terminals to commercial telecommunications equipment OEMs and major space and defense contractors. Escape has developed an extensive portfolio of communications, signal processing, mixed-signal and embedded processor IP that enables them to offer standard product solutions and custom turnkey design services that are both cost-effective and schedule-efficient. More details can be found at www.escapecom.com.

onTAP® Selected as 2009 Best in Test® Finalist

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:29:48 +0000

Flynn Systems is proud to announce the selection of onTAP Series 4000 by the editors of Test & Measurement World^® as a finalist for the 2009 Boundary Scan Best in Test^® contest.

Hank Flynn, owner and chief software developer says of the recognition, "It is a terrific honor to be recognized by one of the industry’s premier publications as a finalist for what is, arguably, the most recognized and prestigious contests in test and measurement, The Best in Test."

Flynn Systems thanks all of its loyal users who we believe played an important role in helping to develop onTAP to the robust tool it has become. This year’s introduction of Series 4000 and ProScan has been significantly improved due to its recognition in Best in Test.

We look forward to checking back frequently to experience the new features we’ll release through the coming year.

"It is a terrific honor to be recognized by Test and Measurement World, one of the industry’s premier publications as a finalist for what is, arguably, the most recognized and prestigious contests in test and measurement, The Best in Test."

- Hank Flynn, President Flynn Systems Corp.

ProScan Increases Visibility

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:08:54 +0000

Flynn Systems is excited to introduce you to ProScan: the brand new power-packed, graphical debug tool that increases visibility into tests, increases accuracy of debug efforts, increases productivity, and reduces the overall time you’ll spend developing and launching your new products. Use ProScan to increase visibility in prototyping and manufacturing of your PCBs.

Developed specifically for onTAP Series 4000, ProScan is a single screen, graphical debug environment that enables you to run all of your onTAP tests and read precise, built-in pin-level diagnostic messages that lead you straight to the failures. The ProScan screen is overlaid on the netlist(s), showing you the details you need: test program, nets and pins, guards, vectors, drive values, expected capture values, and actual capture values all in one easy to read, easy to navigate screen.

When you run a project from ProScan, the pin-level diagnostic messages lead you to the failures, you are then granted pin-level access for basic functions such as single-stepping through faults and pin-wiggling to advanced functions enabling you to change critical inputs such as setting guards, setting pins as safe or putting them in by-pass mode, and setting flags on pins. After making the necessary changes, save, re-compile, and re-run your test from the ProScan screen. This eliminates the need to switch between debugging and development environments.

ProScan’s graphical debug environment coupled with its powerful features is bound to improve your boundary scan experience.

Learn more about the benefits of ProScan!