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Re: [lpc2000] WIGGLER and cable length

2005-11-09 by Tom Walsh

Ake Hedman, eurosource wrote:

>Tom Walsh wrote:
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>>Cable lengths are a problem with JTAG wigglers (JTAG in general, even
>>high end units could have that problem).  When using a wiggler on an
>>SA1100 project (also ARM), that anything more than 10inches (25cm) could
>>cause problems.
>>
>>Try a different computer, it may not be the cable length but a slow bit
>>on the parallel port?
>>
>>TomW
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>Thanks Tom appreciate that. My lab bench could really live without a 
>computer also on it ;-)  so I hope it will be possible to have a meter 
>of cable at least. Will try some configurations.
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IIRC, sometimes you have to put some caps to ground to keep signal ring 
/ overshoot down with longer cables (simple noise filter).  Other times, 
the caps get in the way and the cable works without them.

This was the primary reason I purchased an Abatron BDI2000..


TomW

>Cheers
>/Ake
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