JTAG Emulator

Hello everybody,

could someone explain to me what a JTAG Emulator is and what is used for?

Thanks in advance.

"vic" <ppp@ppp.it> wrote in message news:cf893t$c5v$1@e3k.asi.ansaldo.it...
> Hello everybody,
>
> could someone explain to me what a JTAG Emulator is and what is used for?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

In all simplicity, a JTAG emulator is the same thing as an ICE (in-circuit
emulator); it just interfaces to the target differently.  As for an ICE, it
provides for "normal" debugging of your target (as in single-step, break,
trace, etc.).

"vic" <ppp@ppp.it> wrote in message news:cf893t$c5v$1@e3k.asi.ansaldo.it...
> Hello everybody,
>
> could someone explain to me what a JTAG Emulator is and what is used for?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

See these articles from Embedded Systems Programming magazine.

http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20021028S0049
http://www.embedded.com//showArticle.jhtml?articleID=9901017

 -- Kevin