JTAGbox

Professional rugged ARM architecture JTAG debugger

JTAGbox is a standard ARM JTAG debugger in a heavy metal case for professional use. It is based on OpenOCD and FTDI’s serial protocol converter chip, widely used for On-Chip debugging and In-System Programming as a quasi standard. Input and output are galvanically decoupled. – So, maximum safety is inherently provided for your precious prototypes. The case is supported by rubber bed-plates and heavy enough, that it will not slip away all the time, like other cheap JTAG debuggers do. The JTAGbox provides a standard 20pins ARM JTAG connector as well as a Mini-USB cable. Together with the popular free and open source debugging software OpenOCD, it works perfectly not only with our own ARM based boards but also with many other ARM cores like ARM7, ARM9, ARM11, Cortex A8 and A9, and Cortex M series. Four LED’s provide complete control about input and output powering as well as data sending/receiving.

You will download our bundled installer software for Windows 64bit and 32bit that automatically installs all necessary software and drivers on your computer. The JTAGbox is also used on LINUX machines, where you typically install OpenOCD 0.8.0 and the configuration files manually.

Here the technical facts again:

heavy duty metal case
galvanic decoupling of input and output circuitry
not slipping away due to it’s own weight
power LED’s for each input and output
LED’s for input and output data sent
standard 20 pins ARM JTAG connector
Mini-B USB connector and cable

Where to buy JTAGbox?

Buy here.

JTAGbox to Bitrelle LPC2368 Module 1.1 Connection Setup

The JTAGbox can be connected directly to the JTAG connector of your micro-controller board. The following picture shows an example with our own LPC2368 micro-controller board. We have also tested it with other commercial prototyping boards. The LPC2368 micro-controller board and the adaptor cable on the picture (converts from standard 20 pins JTAG connector of the JTAGbox to a Molex Picoblade 9 pins connector) is not part of the delivery. The USB cable is exemplary.

Develop and debug on industry standard IDE’s like Eclipse

At Bitrelle GmbH we use the JTAGbox every day together with the GNU debugger and Eclipse. The following picture shows a screenshot. You can download our manual ‘Programming with Eclipse’ to learn how to integrate the JTAGbox seamlessly into the Eclipse IDE.

Example Test Setups

Bitrelle JTAGkey together with Freescale’s Kinetis Design Studio (based on Eclipse), with a Freescale KEA128BLDCRD reference board (3-phase sensorless BLDC motor control) using Kinetis KE06 microcontroller (ARM cortex-m0+ architecture) . Flashing and debugging via SWD (serial wire debug) using an Olimex JTAG to SWD adaptor.

Bitrelle JTAGkey together with Keil’s MCB2300 development board using a NXP LPC2368 microcontroller (ARM7 architecture).

Bitrelle JTAGkey together with Bitrelle’s LPC2368 Module 1.1 using a NXP LPC2364-BGA100 microcontroller (ARM7 architecture).

Bitrelle JTAGkey together with OLIMEX development board.

Supported Devices:

This is a list of all known supported devices. It is the current list of all devices that are reported to work with OpenOCD that becomes every month longer. Because of the length of the list we can not give you a warranty, how good each of the mentioned devices is supported by the GPL software OpenOCD.

aduc702x
aducm360
alphascale_asm9260t
altera_fpgasoc
am335x
am437x
amdm37x
ar71xx
armada370
at32ap7000
at91r40008
at91rm9200
at91sam3ax_4x
at91sam3ax_8x
at91sam3ax_xx
at91sam3nXX
at91sam3sXX
at91sam3u1c
at91sam3u1e
at91sam3u2c
at91sam3u2e
at91sam3u4c
at91sam3u4e
at91sam3uxx
at91sam3XXX
at91sam4lXX
at91sam4sd32x
at91sam4sXX
at91sam4XXX
at91sam7a2
at91sam7se512
at91sam7sx
at91sam7x256
at91sam7x512
at91sam9
at91sam9260
at91sam9260
at91sam9261
at91sam9263
at91sam9g10
at91sam9g20
at91sam9g45
at91sam9rl
at91samdXX
at91samg5x
atheros_ar9331
atmega128
avr32
bcm281xx
bcm4706
bcm4718
bcm47xx
bcm5352e
bcm6348
c100
cc2538
cc26xx
cc32xx
cs351x
davinci
dragonite
dsp56321
dsp568013
dsp568037

efm32
efm32_stlink
em357
em358
epc9301
faux
feroceon
fm3
fm4
gp326xxxa
hilscher_netx10
hilscher_netx50
hilscher_netx500
icepick
imx
imx21
imx25
imx27
imx28
imx31
imx35
imx51
imx53
imx6
is5114
ixp42x
k40
k60
kl25
kl25z_hla
kl46
klx
ks869x
kx
lpc11xx
lpc12xx
lpc13xx
lpc17xx
lpc1850
lpc1xxx
lpc2103
lpc2124
lpc2129
lpc2148
lpc2294
lpc2378
lpc2460
lpc2478
lpc2900
lpc2xxx
lpc3131
lpc3250
lpc40xx
lpc4350
lpc8xx
mc13224v
mdr32f9q2i
nds32v2
nds32v3
nds32v3m
nrf51
nuc910
numicro
omap2420

omap3530
omap4430
omap4460
omap5912
omapl138
or1k
pic32mx
psoc4
pxa255
pxa270
pxa3xx
quark_x10xx
samsung_s3c2410
samsung_s3c2440
samsung_s3c2450
samsung_s3c4510
samsung_s3c6410
sharp_lh79532
sim3x
smp8634
spear3xx
stellaris
stellaris_icdi
stm32f0x
stm32f0x_stlink
stm32f1x
stm32f1x_stlink
stm32f2x
stm32f2x_stlink
stm32f3x
stm32f3x_stlink
stm32f4x
stm32f4x_stlink
stm32l0
stm32l1
stm32l1x_dual_bank
stm32lx_stlink
stm32w108xx
stm32w108_stlink
stm32xl
stm32_stlink
str710
str730
str750
str912
ti-ar7
ti-cjtag
ti_calypso
ti_dm355
ti_dm365
ti_dm6446
ti_rm4x
ti_tms570
ti_tms570ls20xxx
ti_tms570ls3137
tmpa900
tmpa910
u8500
vybrid_vf6xx
xmc1xxx
xmc4xxx
zynq_7000

Connectors:

This is some details of the JTAGbox connectors for your developer to be sure which connectors your prototyping board has to provide. The JTAGbox has a standard 20 pin JTAG connector for female headers. The adaptor cable on the picture that converts from standard 20 pins JTAG connector of the JTAGbox to a Molex Picoblade 9 pins connector is not part of the delivery of the JTAGbox and can be ordered separately on

www.crimp-shop.com.

JTAGbox to Computer – Mini-B USB Cable

JTAGBox to Target MCU – male 20 pin standard ARM JTAG connector inside the case, 20-pin Female Header + ribbon cable needed or a Molex Pico Blade adaptor cable as shown in the picture (cables and adaptors not part of JTAGbox delivery)