ChipVORX SI wins embedded award in the tools category

26 February 2019, at embedded world exhibition in Nürnberg, ChipVORX-SI (Synthetic Instruments), a technology jointly developed by Testonica and GÖPEL electronic has received a prestigious embedded award in tools category. ChipVORX-SI allows configuring a test design for FPGAs easily and without developer knowledge - this convinced the jury of the embedded award 2019.

The award was handed over by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Sikora, Chairman of the Jury and the Advisory Board of embedded world, and Dr. Roland Fleck, Managing Director of NürnbergMesse. For the first time, the most innovative products in the field of embedded technologies were awarded in five instead of three categories: Hardware, software, tools, embedded vision and start-ups. ChipVORX-SI prevailed against proposals from STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductors.

To reduce the effort required for design validation and production testing for modern complex assemblies with high densities, ChipVORX-SI (Synthetic Instruments) was developed as an innovative technology for the automated use of existing on-board FPGAs as design-integrated test centers. It uses the native capabilities of the FPGA to configure so-called embedded instruments and to execute various test functions. These instruments, known as ChipVORX IP, are automatically generated by the user via a web interface using a cloud-supported synthesis process and later loaded and executed fully automatically into the FPGA. ChipVORX SI now allows the user to configure complex test instruments without FPGA development knowledge and to use them automatically in their applications. ChipVORX SI increases the test coverage on the DUT, since areas can be tested that are inaccessible with a classic JTAG/Boundary Scan system. Marginal, parametric and timing related faults can also be detected, since the tests (e.g. DDR4 RAM tests) are executed at functional speed and even beyond that - in a stressed mode. In addition to increased test coverage, this also improves the test throughput in production.

ChipVORX-SI is the trademark of GÖPEL electronic and also a technology jointly developed by Testonica and GÖPEL electronic. The same core technology is avalable directly from Testonica under another brand name: Quick Instruments.

About GÖPEL electronic
GÖPEL electronic was founded in Jena in 1991 and has grown constantly since then. More than 240 people are employed in the business areas Automotive Test Solutions, Embedded JTAG Solutions and Inspection Solutions. GÖPEL electronic's customers include small and medium sized companies as well as global players in the automotive, aerospace, medical technology and telecommunications industries. GÖPEL electronic is a leading provider of innovative test and inspection solutions for printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and electronic devices and systems.