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Pinout

Definition

A diagram or database entry that maps each physical contact on a device's circuit board to its signal function. For JTAG acquisition, a device-specific pinout is needed to identify TDI, TDO, TCK, TMS, and ground before connecting any hardware.

Related terms

Chip-off acquisition
A physical extraction method in which the flash memory chip is desoldered from the device's circuit board and read directly with specialised...
eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard)
A flash storage standard that packages NAND memory chips and a controller into one soldered module using a parallel interface. Common in...
ISP (In-System Programming)
A variant of direct chip access that connects to the eMMC command and data pins while the chip is still on the...
JTAG (Joint Test Action Group)
The industry group that produced IEEE standard 1149.1, which defines the test access port and boundary-scan architecture built into most modern integrated...
Test access port (TAP)
The set of four or five contact pads (TDI, TDO, TCK, TMS, and optionally TRST) on a circuit board that implement the...

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  • JTAG and Chip-Off AcquisitionA diagram or database entry that maps each physical contact on a device's circuit board to its signal function. For JTAG acquisition, a device-specific pinout...

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