I love Design-for Test Allegories
Really! I need to be so creative… When I think of DFT allegories, I think of the humorous writings of Al Crouch (Test Talk) at the Mentor Graphics website (Al is also author of probably the first dedicated book on DFT). His distinctly Dilbertian view on the world of Test and DFT. Mr. Crouch now works for Asset Intertech, and maybe it’s a coincidence, but I happened to run into this two-part allegory, involving a discussion between ‘Peter C Bennetts‘ or PCB, and some guy named ‘Chip‘. Myself, I’m more like ‘Chip’ than ‘PCB’, so I found the story to be quite informative… check it out!
Chip Learns a Lesson from Mr. PCB
Chip Learns a Thing or Two About JTAG Compliance
Honestly, I don’t know if Al Crouch wrote these, but they seem like his style…


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