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27. JTAG Interface and On-chip Debug System
27.1. Features
JTAG (IEEE std. 1149.1 Compliant) Interface
Boundary-scan Capabilities According to the IEEE std. 1149.1 (JTAG) Standard
Debugger Access to:
All Internal Peripheral Units
Internal and External RAM
The Internal Register File
Program Counter
EEPROM and Flash Memories
Extensive On-chip Debug Support for Break Conditions, Including:
AVR Break Instruction
Break on Change of Program Memory Flow
Single Step Break
Program Memory Breakpoints on Single Address or Address Range
Data Memory Breakpoints on Single Address or Address Range
Programming of Flash, EEPROM, Fuses, and Lock Bits through the JTAG Interface
On-chip Debugging Supported by Atmel Studio
27.2. Overview
The AVR IEEE std. 1149.1 compliant JTAG interface can be used for:
Testing PCBs by using the JTAG Boundary-scan capability
Programming the non-volatile memories, Fuses and Lock bits
On-chip debugging
A brief description is given in the following sections. Detailed descriptions for Programming via the JTAG
interface, and using the Boundary-scan Chain can be found in the sections Programming Via the JTAG
Interface and IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) Boundary-scan, respectively. The On-chip Debug support is
considered being private JTAG instructions, and distributed within ATMEL and to selected third party
vendors only.
Figure 27-1 shows the JTAG interface and the On-chip Debug system. The TAP Controller is a state
machine controlled by the TCK and TMS signals. The TAP Controller selects either the JTAG Instruction
Register or one of several Data Registers as the scan chain (Shift Register) between the TDI – input and
TDO – output. The Instruction Register holds JTAG instructions controlling the behavior of a Data
Register.
The ID-Register, Bypass Register, and the Boundary-scan Chain are the data registers used for board-
level testing. The JTAG Programming Interface (actually consisting of several physical and virtual Data
Registers) is used for serial programming via the JTAG interface. The Internal Scan Chain and Break
Point Scan Chain are used for On-chip debugging only.
Related Links
Programming Via the JTAG Interface on page 345
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