Electrical Engineering › Section V · Programmable logic and data storage › Topic V.2
Programmable logic software, HDLs, and boundary scan
A programmable chip is only as good as the tools that configure it. This topic follows a design from a few lines of VHDL to a working device, then shows how boundary scan tests chips whose pins you cannot even touch.
In this topic
- From idea to configured chip
- Design entry and HDLs
- Worked example: a 2-to-1 multiplexer in VHDL
- Functional simulation
- Synthesis and implementation
- Timing simulation and download
- Why boundary scan exists
- The test access port and its registers
- Worked example: shortening a scan chain
- Troubleshooting with simulation and scan
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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