USB 2.0 JTAG Interface Devices offer embedded debug solution.
Press Release Summary:
Identical in functionality, usb2Demon and usb2Sprite are USB 2.0 JTAG debug interface devices available for ARM, Xscale, and PowerPC processors. Both support Windows and Linux hosts and are fully compatible with all Macraigor software tools, including Flash Programmer, J-Scan suite of JTAG hardware debug tools, OCD Commander debugger, and GNU tools suite. Depending on processor, usb2Sprite and usb2Demon feature respective download rates from 31-144 KB/sec and 78-520 KB/sec.
Original Press Release:
Macraigor Systems Demonstrates New USB 2.0 JTAG Interface Devices at Embedded Systems Conference
SAN JOSE, CA-April 3, 2006-Macraigor Systems LLC today announced usb2Demon and usb2Sprite, two new USB 2.0 JTAG debug interface devices being demonstrated at the Embedded Systems Conference in Booth 1935. These new devices are immediately available for ARM, Xscale and PowerPC processors. The usb2Demon and usb2Sprite devices are identical in functionality, but differ in speed to provide embedded developers with flexibility in choosing an appropriate price/performance ratio for their projects.
usb2Demon is the high-speed version of the product. With pricing set at $750 USD, this device matches the price of Macraigor's popular Raven parallel JTAG interface while providing a significant download speed improvement (see table below for sample download speed comparisons). usb2Sprite is a low-cost, slower version of the device for price-sensitive projects or situations where maximum download speed is not an issue. Pricing for usb2Sprite has been set at $210 USD.
Both new devices support Windows and Linux hosts and are fully compatible with all of Macraigor's software tools, including the Flash Programmer, J-Scan suite of JTAG hardware debug tools and the free, low-level OCD Commander debugger and pre-built GNU tools suite.
Sample usb2Demon/ usb2Sprite Download Speeds vs. Raven
(speeds are in Kbytes/sec)
Processor Board Raven usb2Demon usb2Sprite
XScale ADI 80200EVB 128 374 81
ARM9 Atmel AT91RM9200 31 78 31
AMCC 440EP AMCC Bamboo 82 183 39
MPC8541 Freescale 8541 Eval 183 520 144
Advanced, Price-Sensitive Embedded Debug Solutions
Macraigor's OCDemon family of products offers the industry's most advanced yet price-sensitive solution for designing, debugging and programming embedded hardware and application software. Macraigor's debugging solutions include a broad range of hardware interface devices and application programs. These provide embedded systems engineers with a high degree of flexibility in selecting a host interface and an appropriate price/performance ratio for their embedded projects. Macraigor hardware debug devices are available with parallel, serial, USB or Ethernet connectivity to both Windows and Linux host machines.
Debug application programs are available to support an embedded project through the entire development cycle, from troubleshooting a prototype hardware design to writing and debugging boot code, programming in-circuit Flash devices, developing application-level software, and supporting manufacturing burn-in and testing.
Pricing & Availability
Both USB 2.0 devices are immediately available. Pricing for usb2Demon is $750 USD, while pricing for usb2Sprite is set at $210 USD.
About Macraigor Systems
Macraigor Systems LLC is a leading supplier of boundary scan-based hardware debug and BDM/JTAG connection solutions for on-chip debugging of 32 and 64-bit embedded microprocessors. Macraigor Systems' solutions are designed for price-sensitive customers. These solutions include a suite of software tools that support Windows 9x, NT, ME, XP, 2000, Linux and Solaris host systems. Macraigor Systems supports all major embedded microprocessor architectures, including AMD, ARM, CPU32 Series, PowerPC, MIPS and the XScale microarchitecture. For more information about Macraigor products, please visit macraigor.us.
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