boundary scan description language

Boundary scan description language (BSDL) is a description language for electronics testing using JTAG. It has been added 1996 to the IEEE Std. 1149. Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL) is a subset of VHDL that is used to describe how JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) is implemented in a particular device. For a device to be JTAG compliant, it must have an associated BSDL file.These files are often available for download from manufacturers' websites (see below).
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