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Mixed-Signal DFT is Loopy

In the past there have been requests to address analog/Mixed-signal Design for Test on this blog.  I’ve tried to incite discussion on the subject a couple of times in previous posts (here and here) - limp efforts, [...]

New feature for DFT Digest - Tutorials/Resources

I’ve had some feedback on this website that pointed out that although the concept is good, the information people are looking for is not easy to find (or not there!). My mission for the near future is to try to address that.
One of the ways (that I sort of lucked into) is the addition [...]

Boundary Scan Tutorial

I’ve been trying to put together some info about JTAG and boundary scan, but being a chip engineer, I’m having a hard time expanding my mind to the edges of the device lately. However, this item [...]

Frequently Asked DFT Questions

From time to time, I go over to EDABoard, a fairly all-encompassing electronic design bulletin board site operated from Europe, and check out the ASIC design forum. It seems that design-for-test is a fairly popular topic [...]

The Top 10 Rules of Scan Design

I don’t know if I ever mentioned it before, but a DFT blog was not my original objective for creating an IC design oriented website. In truth, a couple of buddies and I had visions of [...]