A new eBook published by ASSET InterTech explains how distributed architectures and on-board field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) accessed via JTAG can be deployed to accelerate in-line in-system programming (ISP) without jeopardising the manufacturing beat rate.
“Parallel programming – or loading data into multiple circuit boards simultaneously – speeds up the process by orders of magnitude,” said Kent Zetterberg, technical product manager for the ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments. “In addition, a programming engine can be temporarily inserted into an on-board FPGA to program multiple devices on the same board at the same time. When you start adding up all of the factors, you’ve got a really fast in-line programming process.
” Titled “Fast Flash Parallel In-System Programming”, the new eBook is available for free and can be downloaded from the eResources center on the ASSET website.