Vybrid VF60 no output in JTAG boundary scan

[romanschnarwile]

Hi,

We are currently testing the Boundary Scan over JTAG on our Vybrid modules. We are currently using a VF60.

There are some issues.

We try to set output pins through JTAG boundary scan on Vybrid. We are using a Lauterbach JTAG adapter and our own JTAG solution. We are using the BSDL file attached here:

Debugging BSCAN test for Vybrid. Chip doesn't seem to respond correctly with this BSDL file

and in general it looks like it works. We are able to read the ID Code, we are even able to read from the pins (input). But we fail to set outputs. We set the corresponding output enable cell but the output doesn't change. We are able to change the value of this ball externally and can successfully read it back. Is there anything we have to set-up prior to being able to set output pins through JTAG?

One remark, as soon as we enter EXTEST mode, the RESETB / RESET_OUT signal gets asserted (0V). But this is normal I guess.

Do you have an idea what could be missing? Is there any JTAG boundary scan documentation or application note other than in the reference manual?

Unfortunately I couldn't test it on the Vybrid tower as I don't have a the right JTAG cables and adapters here.

Thanks for your help.

Roman

Toradex AG

[richard_stulens]

Final update for this issue.

Please see the attachment for a method to work around the BSDL issue.

Method 1 allows for testing connections, but it is not suitable for programming external devices over JTAG.

Method 1 preserves the outputs between scan operations an can therefore be used for programming external devices.

Best regards,

Richard

[plong]

Hi Richard

the attached pdf seem to be incompleted. the last DR shift looks transacted

[richard_stulens]

Good catch! Thank you for reporting this.

I compared this to the original and found that the line was truncated. the missing part is 00"

The last lines of the header should be :

JTAG-IR: "11001“, traverse through “pause-dr” state for this step.
JTAG-DR: "100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000“ 

Regards,

Richard.

[plong]

Hi Richard,

Thanks ! 

Unfortunately I am still NOT able to get the output to drive correctly after following the step in the document.

All outputs seem to be in High-Z.

JTAG-IR: "11001“, traverse through “pause-dr” state for this step.
Can you explain how the above "pause-dr" being executed.

Has anyone successfully get it working ? 

[richard_stulens]

Yes, several people have used this and some reported back that it was working.

I'm not really familiar with JTAG instructions. I believe that the pause-dr state means that the shifting of the data register is temporarily halted. I assume this is to preserve the state of the  (outputs enabled). The chain on which this state is applied is not the chain with the output cells. It is an internal chain that controls the output buffer' enable.

After this header, you have to run your patter. Notice that the reset pin must be active throughout the test. Otherwise the PADs will return to HiZ state.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Richard

[karina_valencia]

Andreas, I suggest to create a new thread due this case was closed time  ago and add this link as a reference.

[naoumgitnik]

Dear Roman,

Sorry for delay!

It looks like the JTAG channel is working properly, but the default state of the pin of interest is "Input", and you have to reconfigure it into "Output" based on the list of registers in the Reference Manual - have you tried that yet?

(You may also take a look at the http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/user_guide/IMX6DQ6SDLHDG.pdf document (similar one for Vybrid is not ready yet).)

Sincerely yours, Naoum Gitnik.

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Naoum Gitnik,

We did some further investigations. This time we used the tower system and a Lauterbach JTAG solution. We used the bsdl file as mentioned above and tried to drive the pin PTB11 (on test pin TP14 on the tower board). We were able to read from this pin, but not to drive it. Of course we set the correct boundary control cell to output first, but this didn't help. We just used the CPU board of the tower system powered through USB. We really can't find anything we didn't do or did wrong. Can you check this on your end on the tower with PTB11 as well and let me know exactly what you were doing?

Thanks a lot.

Roman

[naoumgitnik]

Dear Roman,

I am not a software person and cannot say the information you provided suffices, but when he jumps in, quite likely he will ask you to provide either a piece of code or simply all(!) the register settings you are using in your test.

Sincerely yours, Naoum Gitnik.

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Naoum,

I have some additional information about our test on the tower board TWR-VF65GS10 powered through USB port J3. We didn't do too much, just loaded the bsdl file for the VF60 into the Lauterbach JTAG environment. We made a soft reset (toggle JTAG CLK a couple of times with TMS =1 n order to get to the test logic reset state). Then we read the ID register which reported the correct ID (0x1980101d). After this we go to EXTEST Mode (the RESETB signal goes automatically to low). We can read e.g. PTB10 or PTB11 correctly by applying 3.3V or GND to these signals (TP12 and TP14 on the tower board). Then we try to drive these signals. Therefore we set the control cell of these two signals to output and the data cell to either 0 or 1. But in both cases it isn't possible to drive the pins.

Is there any other setting we need to do in order to being able to drive levels in boundary scan mode? Is this somehow a security feature which needs to be changed first?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Roman

[RossMcLuckie]

I'm no BSDL expert, but believe the problem here is the reset set up. Vybrid has no dedicated JTAG-RST, which you might normally expect, the TWR board connects the JTAG-RST to the system reset (RESETB), so if the EXTEST tries to issue a JTAG-RST this will, as you are seeing, force RESETB low. Referring to table 17-1 in the RM you'll see the reset functions defined, a RESETB will clear all SJC/TAP settings, and force all pads to Hi-Z.

I think you have to modify the EXTEST and use only a software-JTAG reset. As mentioned I'm not the expert in BSDL, but we went through this with another customer and once we highlighted this we heard nothing further from them.

Ross

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Ross,

Thanks for your suggestion. Our JTAG setup doesn't modify the reset pin. We actually didn't connect it even. As soon as we enter EXTEST mode, the reset goes low automatically. But in this mode, we are able to read back external pin-levels sucessfully. Just driving doesn't work. It would be great, if somebody could test it on their tower with a JTAG debugger to see if it is possible to output levels over boundary scan. If yes, what was done exactly. Thanks.

[naoumgitnik]

Dear Roman,

We will try to reply to you within about a week.

Sincerely yours, Naoum Gitnik.

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Naoum,

Any update on this issue? Thanks,

Roman

[naoumgitnik]

Dear Roman,

Below is reply from our boundary scan expert:

• I did look at the BSDL…, and it looks correct for a bi-directional pin on PTB18 and correct in general.

• Also, we may need to see exactly what the user is shifting into the boundary scan register before they execute the EXTEST instruction. Since all the other instructions are working, it is possible that the user is shifting in a value to the direction control bit on PTB18 that sets the pin as an input rather than an output during EXTEST. Do you know if they've tried setting the direction control bit to both 0 and 1 when trying the test?

Sincerely, Naoum Gitnik.

Jiri Kotzian

Ross McLuckie

[romanschnarwile]

Hi,

Thanks for your comments so far. We tested PTB10 and PTB11 on the tower as these two pins have a test point (TP12 and TP14). We now also tested it under u-boot. We were able to configure these two pins to gpio output and successfully set them to 0V and 3.3V. So the HW is OK in general. We tested another pin on our own HW with the same behavior. So it's definitely something which is wrong with the boundary scan in general.

Regarding the direction control bit in EXTEST, yes, we tried both, 0 and 1. Both didn't work. The pin was always floating. We also tried to set more output cells in the same 'region'. This didn't help either.

Can you please test this using the BSDL file, the tower HW, and a JTAG adapter and let me know if you were able to control PTB10 and PTB11 as output 0 and 1? Did you ever test the boundary-scan EXTEST output on the Vybrid tower, or Vybrid in general? If yes, how was the set-up (HW and SW)?

It really starts worrying us as we need this mode for testing our modules. We are ramping up our volumes and need a good test for all of them.

Thanks.

[naoumgitnik]

Hello Roman,

One should be quite cautious if there are no other outputs connected to the lines of interest forcing them into a logic state different than that to be defined by Vybrid, e.g. just  based on the Rev.G schematic:

·         PTB11 is connected to PTB18 via two 0-Ohm resistors, R76 and R77,

·         PTB18 is connected to the U19 (octal buffer, see https://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/74/74LCX541.pdf) output O6,

·         During your test "the RESETB signal goes automatically to Low”, and it controls the U19 transparency (active Low OE), therefore, the logic High from its D8 input is translated into logic High on its O6 output, i.e. the PTB18 line of the board.

BTW, are you using the board stand-alone, since both the PTB10 and PTB11 are connected to the edge Elevator connector (J17A)?

Regards, Naoum Gitnik.

Ross McLuckie

Jiri Kotzian

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Naoum Gitnik,

Thanks for your feedback. We already tested this issue with R76 removed and the behavior was the same. The two pins PTB10 and PTB11 are both floating. When reading them back through boundary-scan, they show as 1, when I measure the voltage on these pins with a normal voltage meter, I measure almost 0V and the value read back through boundary scan also goes back to 0. It really looks like the output driver of these pins are always off. So please try to set-up a TWR HW using the BSDL/Boundary-scan and verify it on your end. I really don't know what else to do. We even started with setting all cells to 1 and 0. But this didn't have any effect at all, the pins were still floating!

We need to get a solution soon as we are blocked for higher volumes without having this testing method. Thanks for your support.

Regards,

Roman

[naoumgitnik]

Dear Roman,

Our team is currently checking this issue with the Vybrid IC design team, and, unfortunately, it will take some time.

Regards, Naoum Gitnik.

(Ross McLuckie)

[romanschnarwile]

Dear Naoum Gitnik,

Is there any update on this issue? Has the design team made any progress? Are there any open questions I should answer to speed things up?

Thanks for an update and have a nice weekend.

Roman