JTAG Technologies Donates Boundary Scan Products/Support to ESCO Project
EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS, June 23, 2011
JTAG Technologies has donated boundary scan hardware, software, and technical support to the European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) project. Set to be the first European student mission to the moon, ESMO is funded by the European Space Agency’s Education Office and sees the collaboration of 19 universities throughout Europe working with U.K.-based prime contractor Surrey Satellite Technology.
JTAG Technologies’ donations comprise a boundary scan controller, JTAG ProVision application generation software, and support from ALLData, JTAG Technologies’ distributor in Italy. The solutions are to be used by the ESMO project’s On-Board Data Handling (OBDH) team, which is based at the University of Maribor in Slovenia. Team Supporting Professor, Dr. Iztok Kramberger, commented: “We are planning to have two boundary scan chains on the on-board computer’s processor cards—one chain for accessing the processor, the other for accessing an FPGA.”
A preliminary design review is scheduled for this summer, after which work will commence on the development of the processor cards and the JTAG test environment. Launch of the ESMO satellite is planned for late 2013 or early 2014, and the mission is to place a spacecraft in orbit around the moon, photograph the surface, and send images back to Earth.
Peter van den Eijnden, MD of JTAG Technologies, said, “We are delighted to be supporting ESMO and, by extension, rekindling interest in engineering, science, and space exploration.”
For more information on the OBDH team please visit www.esmo.uni-mb.si. For more information on the European Space Agency, please visit www.esa.int where details of its Education Office and ESMO can be found.
About JTAG Technologies
JTAG Technologies is a market leader and technology innovator of boundary scan software and hardware products and services. Its customers include leaders in electronics design and manufacturing such as Ericsson, Flextronics, Honeywell, Medtronic, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Raytheon, Rockwell-Collins, Samsung, and Sony. The company’s boundary scan products provide test preparation, test execution, test result analysis, and in-system programming applications. With an installed base of more than 6,500 systems worldwide, JTAG Technologies serves the communications, medical electronics, avionics, defense, automotive, and consumer industries with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. JTAG Technologies headquarters are located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. www.jtag.com