Xmos XTAG-2 User Manual

XTAG-2 Quick Start Guide

Version 1.1

Publication Date: 2010/05/10

Copyright © 2010 XMOS Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

XTAG-2 Quick Start Guide (1.1) 2/3

XS1-L1

LQ64

USB Transceiver

20-way

IDC XSYS

Connector

Standard A-Type

USB 2.0

Connector

1 Introduction

The XTAG-2 debug adapter is a simple adapter card based on an XS1-L1 64TQFP
event-driven processor device. It can be used to connect XMOS development boards
with an XSYS2 connector to PCs, providing a JTAG interface to the board and a 5V
power supply from a USB 2.0 port.

XTAG-2 Connector

Further information on XTAG-2 is available from http://www.xmos.com/xtag2

1.1 System Requirements

• XMOS Design Tools (version 9.9 or later)

• Development board with XMOS XSYS2 Connector

2 XMOS Tools Support

The XTAG-2 can also be used as a development board. To program the device
you need to use the XMOS tools, which are provide in a single platform-specific
downloadable file from:

http://www.xmos.com/tools

Instructions on installing and using the XMOS Tools can be found in the XMOS
Tools User Guide http://www.xmos.com/published/xtools_en. The following table
provides a summary tools support for the XTAG-2 Debug Adapter.

Minimum tools version required 9.9
Board support file XTAG-2.xn

Hardware Guide http://www.xmos.com/published/xtag2hw

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