HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Peak Production Equipment has joined Goepel’s JTAG/boundary scan test alliance.

The global alliance program, known as GATE (Goepel Associated Technical Experts), develops and implements new products based on combined functional and JTAG/boundary scan test, as well as enhancements in the integration of JTAG/boundary scan products in existing test systems built by Peak.

This would permit a test and integration solution to be provided from one source.

Goepel is a provider of boundary scan related software and equipment.

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