357 Poor Person's Boundary Scan
357 : Poor Person's Boundary Scan
- Author: Verneri Hirvonen
- Description: JTAG test logic with a 8-bit TDR for 'external' boundary scan
- GitHub repository
- Clock: 0 Hz
How it works
The design contains JTAG test logic with four test data registers:
1. boundary_scan
2. blink_in
3. blink_out
4. blink_dir
boundary_scan is connected between fixed input and output registers and can be used to either read the input pins or drive the output pins.
blink_in, blink_out, and blink_dir are connected to pins 6 and 7 of the bidirectional IO and can be used to read/write the bidirectional pins.
The default clk and rst_n are left unconnected because the JTAG interface provides its own clock and reset and those are routed through user IO.
How to test
The cocotb simulation contains helper routines for driving the JTAG state machine and can be used as a example of how to shift values into different JTAG internal registers.
In general the design is controlled with the following procedure:
1. Reset core either through the TRSTn input or through a reset sequence on TMS. The reset sequence is achieved by holding TMS high and cycling TCK at least 5 times.
2. Shift in IR value to select appropriate TDR
3. Shift bits to TDR to read/write its value.
Blinky pins are controlled with the following JTAG TDRs. Each TDR is two bits wide.
- blink_in IR=0x02 = blink pin inputs
- blink_out IR=0x03 = blink pin outputs
- blink_dir IR=0x04 = blink pin directions, high = output, low = input
For example, to assign blink[0] high and blinky[1] low, execute the following sequence:
1. Shift 0x04 to IR to select blink_dir TDR
2. Shift 0b11 to the selected TDR to set both pins as outputs
3. Shift 0x02 to IR to select blink_in TDR
4. Shift 0b01 to set blink[0] to high and blink[1] to low
External hardware
JTAG debug adapter
IO
| # | Input | Output | Bidirectional |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | boundary_scan input 0 | boundary_scan output 0 | JTAG TCK (hardcoded input) |
| 1 | boundary_scan input 1 | boundary_scan output 1 | JTAG TMS (hardcoded input) |
| 2 | boundary_scan input 2 | boundary_scan output 2 | JTAG TDI (hardcoded input) |
| 3 | boundary_scan input 3 | boundary_scan output 3 | JTAG TRSTn (hardcoded input) |
| 4 | boundary_scan input 4 | boundary_scan output 4 | JTAG TDO (hardcoded output) |
| 5 | boundary_scan input 5 | boundary_scan output 5 | JTAG state machine in state Test-Logic Reset (hardcoded output) |
| 6 | boundary_scan input 6 | boundary_scan output 6 | Blink pin 0 (bidirectional) |
| 7 | boundary_scan input 7 | boundary_scan output 7 | Blink pin 1 (bidirectional) |