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IEEE-STD-1532:
The New Standard for PLD Programming
Contents
Background
Easy Upgrades
Device & Software Support
Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), Third Party Tool and In Line Programmer Participants
 More Information
Frequently Asked Questions
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Background:

The IEEE-STD-1532 is a new standard that is a superset of IEEE-STD- 1149.1 ("the JTAG Standard") that makes programming faster, easier and more reliable. This new standard was developed to make the job of configuring any conforming PLD simpler and easier. Its unified approach to configuration eliminates any device behavior uncertainties and guarantees an orderly system startup, even after a power failure. It allows users to more easily implement field diagnostics and upgrades. It paves the way for using JTAG to extend system product life cycles by making it easier to implement new system feature enhancements and lower field maintenance costs. It gives users the ability to concurrently program multiple devices which reduces valuable test time and lowers manufacturing costs.

Easy Upgrades:
Since programming data and algorithms are kept separate, either one can be changed without affecting the other eliminating the need to recompile every time a change is made to the design. Users are free to focus their time on system features and design optimization rather than configuration concerns.
Device & Software Support:
Many new and existing Spartan®, Virtex™, XC9500™ and Coolrunner® devices can take full advantage of this new specification (see BSDL files), and newer devices will be fully compliant. Xilinx is also upgrading existing software tools and will offer a new IEEE-STD-1532 Engine along with free source code, available in Q400.
Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), Third Party Tool and In Line Programmer Participants:
Major telecommunications and consumer electronics companies were involved to insure that the standard met their needs across a wide variety of different programmable devices. Major Automatic Test Equipment manufacturers (Agilent, GenRad, and Teradyne), Boundary Scan tool suppliers (ASSET Intertech, Corelis, Intellitech, and JTAG Technologies) along with in-line programmer suppliers (Data I/O) participated in the development of IEEE-STD-1532.