Patent ID: 6578167
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A digital component test apparatus, comprising:a network environment; a client computer operatively connected with the network environment; a server computer operatively connected with the network environment; a device having an electronic assembly and an interface port, the electronic assembly including processing circuitry and a scan chain, and the interface port configured to connect the client computer with the electronic assembly and the device configured to implement a signaling scheme that does not place the device into a boundary scan mode during a power-up sequence or normal operating mode of the device; and an application program that is transferred from the network server to the client computer via the network and implemented on the client computer, the application program comprising a boundary scan test procedure that generates boundary scan signals according to an IEEE 1284 protocol operative to test operation of the electronic assembly while in a test mode of the device; wherein the interface port comprises a parallel interface port through which boundary scan is performed between the client computer and the peripheral device.