Maxim Seeks ASSET ScanWorks Embedded Instrumentation Support For System & Power Management Chips

ASSET® InterTech has announced that its ScanWorks® platform supports unique margining and forensics capabilities through several of Maxim Integrated Products’ system monitor and system manager devices.

ScanWorks can be used with Maxim’s MAX16031/MAX16032 system monitors and MAX16046-MAX16049 system managers through the devices’ IEEE 1149.1 Boundary Scan interface, commonly known as JTAG. One example of a ScanWorks application would be measuring and manipulating voltages so that power supplies on circuit boards and in systems could be functionally validated.

"ScanWorks is powerful in that it can access, automate and analyze embedded instrumentation, such as the voltage margining, embedded in these devices," said Rick Gould, Executive Director, Business Management, in Maxim’s System and Power Management Business Unit. "Several of our customers requested we seek ScanWorks support. Now, engineers can use our tools during design and ScanWorks throughout the product lifecycle, including design, manufacturing and field service."

ASSET states that it has significantly enhanced its ScanWorks platform with embedded instrumentation capabilities such as CPU-emulation functional test, signal integrity analysis utilizing Intel® IBIST (Interconnect Built-In Self-Test), an embedded instrumentation technology, and others.