GOEPEL electronic now provides a special package for beginners in JTAG/Boundary Scan or users with cost-sensitive projects. PicoTAP Designer Studio is a complete Boundary Scan test system incl. hardware and software, offering an extremely reasonable price-performance-ratio. In addition to a Mixed Signal I/O module, the bundle contains the world’s smallest Boundary Scan controller PicoTAP, which is powered via USB and can be plugged directly into the I/O module.

“Many interested parties have asked for a low-cost Boundary Scan starter package covering quite a number of applications. Our PicoTAP Designer Studio reflects these demands impressively“, says Stefan Meissner, spokesman for GOEPEL electronic GmbH. “Given that the bundle is able to cover a multitude of Boundary Scan applications, for instance prototype hardware debugging or interconnection test between BGA components, it suits for the design stage as well as small batch production. Furthermore, it presents an interesting solution for respective projects at universities and polytechnic colleges.”