Onboard Fast Flash Programming Technology Innovations

Device programming must be fast and efficient to deliver the performance necessary to achieve Design and Production Line goals. Offboard programming approaches are burdened by device inventory and change order issues. And historically, JTAG/boundary-scan has been a great solution for onboard programming of small images, but is too slow for today’s large flash devices. This webinar recording describes new innovations in onboard programming that dramatically reduce programming times, and thus lower the cost of the development and manufacturing programming processes. Technologies such as short-chain boundary scan, FPGA-based fast programming, SPI Direct, and processor-based fast programming (using JTAG and/or Ethernet) are reviewed and demonstrated.