Release announcements

JTAG Live (2023.1.8.458) changelog:

Generic
bsdl32.dll, bsdl64.dll
Version 2.1.0.3 Date 20241008
– Added support for 1149.6_2013 syntax
– Added support for iMX6 devices with SDMA
– Improvement: Device identifier rules were too strict.  Allow NON-VHDL device names starting with a number, e.g.: 10CL040F484.

sfl5705.dll, sfl5705_64.dll
Version 1.1.13.50 Date 20240415
– Added support for SCIL 118
– Solved issues with checking the version of the firmware of the JT5705 controller.

gen.dll, gen_64.dll
Version 1.0.2.8 Date 20240702
– Bugfix: Extra support for extended ASCII characters and UTF8 characters in the GEN file.
ice.dll, ice_64.dll, ice.exe, ice_64.exe
Version 2.6.0.278 Date 20240126
– Bug fix: Unintended clearing of scan compare TAP errors during bsreg execution has been fixed.

Site-Packages
jftSPI.py
Date 20240614  
– Bug fix: Spaces only, bad indent in Write and WriteRead  functions.
– Bug fix: when sending data > 1Byte in a number format.
  (2023-release changed the default byte order to LSByte first).
– New functions to set Byte order when writing, default MSByte First.
– WriteRead error returnValue = [] or -1.
– SS Mode = 4 (skip SetDevice) explained in usage text.

Jftsequence.py
Date 20240912
– Bug fix: Support for importlib has been added replacing support for the deprecated imp module.  

Jftsparser.py
Date 20240530
– Bug fix: ICT Parameters: ‚,’and ‚;‘ inside double quotes were not accepted.  

Cores
cortex_jft.dll, cortex_jft_64.dll
Version 1.2.3.3 Date 20240530
– Bug fix: for NXP imx devices: don’t wait for SYSPWR ACK. SYSPWR is always ON.
– Improvement: Added MAX_APSEL syntax in CCI (prevents ‚hang‘ in unimplemented busses).
– Improvement: Rewritten LoadMemory(), now 32 bits (faster).
– Improvement: DP power request can be controlled by CCI file (DPCS = mask, required for STM32H5xx series).
– Improvement: SWD can be controlled by CCI file (PORT = SWD, required for STM32U575).
– Improvement: Improved speed for well running programs.

arm11_jft.dll, arm11_jft_64.dll
Version 2.1.1.0 Data 20240902
– Improvement: Adapted for ARM 1136 on iMX35 device.

Converters
cdc2jtn.dll
Version 3.3.0 Date 20240604
– Bug fix: option „Use Part Number“ was not implemented correctly.

odb2jtn.dll
Version 2.7.2 Date 20231121
– Qt Selection dialog added

genc2jtn.dll
Version 3.4.0.0 Date 20241209
Improvement: Support added for nets without pins (Not Connected).

JTAG Live
APDatabaseL.dll, CNDatabaseL.dll
Version 2.1.4.0 Date 20240618
– Keep project file version numbers up-to-date  

deviceTypeManagerL.dll
Version2.1.4.0 Date 20240618
– Bug fix: Changing a package caused incorrect sorting columns.

JTAppJTAGFunctionalTestPiL.dll
Version 2.1.4.0 Date 20240618
– Bug fix: Unable to set ICT/FPT parameters from Python JFT script.

jtaglive.exe
Version 2.1.8.0 Date 20241003  
– Bug fix: Added enhanced auto completion behaviour for combobox that selects the application to copy from.
– Bug fix: Show sorted application list when creating a new application based upon another.
– Bug fix: Specification of a limit to the number of output windows of the same type (General Workspace Preferences) could result in a crash.

Tools
FTDIDevList.exe
Version 1.0.0.7 Date 20240124
– Bug fix: Solved issue no logical unit number and serial number strings with a FT2232H device in the output.
– Improvement: Improved logical unit number and serial number strings in the output.

GetRmsKey.exe
Version 1.0.1600.4 Date 20240306
– Improvement: Now displaying all Sentinel RMS USB keys instead of only the first one.

JTAG Live (2023.0.1.444) changelog:

Buzz
– New application type: Buzz —> WatchPlus.
Buzz has been enhanced with a WatchPlus option offering the monitoring of multiple pins simultaneously.
The state of the watched pins is reported as „Always-0“, „Always-1“ or „Toggling“.
– Constraints are now applied to both measure and buzz actions.

AutoBuzz
– An application ready check has been added before learning/comparing connections.

MIOS
– A new function “MIOS_StopChannel33Frequency()” has been added to the jftmios JFT library.

Script
– Full support has been added to the software for JTAG Technologies’ latest additions to their range of DIOS hardware, the JT 5111 DIOSPlus.
Of the available 64 I/O signals, 16 can be used as frequency measurement signals and one for generating frequencies.
One of these 16 signals can also measure pulse widths. Do the measurements with the hardware via functions in a dedicated script library.

– New functions have been added to set the byte order (default MSByte) first. The functions are SetByteMode and GetByteMode.

CoreCommander ARM Cortex
– A generic CoreCommander solution has been developed for accessing ARM Cortex cores.
Supported are any device with a single ARM Cortex core, multiple ARM Cortex cores of the same architecture or a mix of ARM Cortex core architectures (“A”, “R”, “M”).

New Documents Folder
– A subfolder called „documents“ has been added to the installation of JTAG Live.
This folder will contain PDF documents for software tools not covered by the Help (license tools, dedicated solutions etc.).

We have released JTAG Live 2.0.3.0

JTAG Live (2.0.3.0) changelog:

Platform:

• Added support for the JT 5705 controller.
• Renamed Device Type Manager to Device Model Manager.
• Made toolbar appearance configurable giving control over the visibility of various toolbar icons.

CoreCommanders:

• Added CoreCommander support for ARM – Cortex-v8a cores (64 bit): Cortex-A32, A35, A53, A55, A57, A72, A73, A75.
• Support for ARM – Cortex A/R now includes: Cortex-A5, A7, A8, A9, A15, R4, R5, R7.
• Added multi-core support for ARM – Cortex-A/R.

Script:

• Made compatible with Python versions higher than 3.8 also.
• Support for Python 64 bit added.
• Installed a Python Switcher (separate folder) to switch to another Python version.
• Solved restriction for use in combination with a USB key under Windows 10.
• Added new functions to the “jft.py” library for controlling the I/O pins of JT 2149 pods and functions for optimization (MultiScan functionality).
• Added new functions to the support library “jftmios.py” for the JT 5112 Mixed I/O Scan module.
• Changed the default voltage range for the MIOS from Bipolar to Unipolar. Note: this may effect MIOS applications which were created with previous releases of JTAG Live.

General:

• Various smaller bug fixes / improvements.

More detailed release information is provided in the on-line Help.

We have released JTAG Live 1.8.0.8

JTAG Live (1.8.0.8) changelog:

CoreCommander / Script:

• Added support for Blackfin BF60x core.
• Added support for ARM Cortex V8A core.
• Renamed core „Blackfin“ to „BF5xx – Blackfin“.

We have released JTAG Live 1.8.0.7

JTAG Live (1.8.0.7) changelog:

AutoBuzz library for Script:

• Initialization fixes/improvements.

Script:

• Fixed: if Script task contained unbound clusters incorrect archives were created.

JTAG Live (1.8.0.6) changelog:

Fixed JTAG Live installer:

• Missing dependency: jftmios.dll was not installed as part of Script package.