XJTAG Product Roadmap Detail

This builds on last year's 4.0 software which released a streamlined user interface as well  as improved multi-TAP performance through our Optimised Scans feature.

Looking into the future, we are about to enter a new phase of product development and would like to give you a sneak-peek at our product roadmap. 

Like all product roadmaps, this is subject to change and is not a firm commitment to deliver these features, but we would like to share with you the exciting plans we have over the coming months and years which we're confident will make XJTAG products both easier to use and more powerful than ever.

Non-JTAG Testing – XJTAG 4.1 will allow testing circuits with no JTAG devices, making creation of testing projects for a wider range of electronics easier than ever before. With this new flexibility, engineers can make use of more pins on our fully flexible pin mapping when JTAG is not needed.

XJLink-PF40 Controller – Our new and improved controller with eight JTAG TAPs over 40 I/O pins with improved physical and electrical robustness, including protection from up to ±30 V on all pins.

Multi-Sourcing – Building on our Revisions feature in XJTAG 3.10 and Variants in XJTAG 3.13, Multi-Sourcing allows users to specify multiple alternatives for devices and pass the tests if any combination of them are used.

TRST and SWD Improvements –– XJTAG 4.1 brings usability improvements in more established areas of the product, simplifying reset sequences to remove the need to create custom sequences in many cases, and improving error handling in SWD to allow push-verification operations.

Layout Viewer Application – We want to make our layout viewer available in a standalone application to help engineers and designers interrogate their board files without needing a fully set-up XJTAG project or any of our controllers.

XJLink-PF20 Controller – Building on the market-leading electrical and physical robustness of the XJLink-PF40 we are looking to create a compact version with four JTAG TAPs over 20 I/O pins. This will also include behind-the-scenes development work to allow easy integration with peripheral devices for extra I/O and specialised functions.

Device & Net Categorisation Optimisation – Our customer feedback tells us that our device & net categorisation is powerful and functional. We want to continue developing our current intelligent categorisation tools using both algorithmic and machine learning approaches to make project setup easier than ever before.

Next Generation I/O & Acceleration – Our current range of accessories gives our testing users the ability to increase I/O, add extra TAPs and many other extras to build a full testing system. We intend to move towards a standard set of plug-and-play peripherals to make creating customised test systems simple, without the need for extensive consultancy from test houses.

FTDI Feasibility Exploration – As FTDI USB to JTAG devices become more common we want to expand our suite to support these. This may allow us both to consider closer integration with other test suites and also allow users to use an FTDI chip on the Device Under Test (DUT) where present instead of a conventional JTAG controller.

Flash Programmer – The overwhelming majority of customers for our test systems also need to do some combination of Flash erasure, programming and verification. We intend to provide a complementary tool to our suite for programming of flash devices directly, without using any JTAG device.

XJEase Language Enhancements – Our powerful scripting language allows fast and easy test creation. We will continue to develop this language, with the aim of making it both easier to learn for new users and even more capable for testing experts.

XJFlash Improvements – XJFlash offers amazing speeds for flash programming over JTAG. We will make usability improvements to make this tool simpler to learn and align the workflow more closely with the OEM image-making tools for the JTAG devices.

Next Generation Controller Family – Looking further into the future, we are already beginning to think about the functionality that new FPGA and SoC generations can bring to our customers. The work on a next generation controller family begins now with exploration and understanding of the market needs and the future of devices we want to provide testing for.

Hopefully this gives you an idea of our vision for XJTAG’s future and the exciting products and technologies we want to work with.

To make sure we are on the right path we would appreciate 5 minutes of your time to complete our product development survey and tell us what you need from us, whether you're longstanding customers or brand new to XJTAG. Please don't be surprised if the roadmap changes as a result of your feedback!