The communication protocol described by IEEE Std 1149.1 (Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture) has been adopted by this standard for providing standardized programming access and methodology for programmable integrated circuit devices. Devices that implement this standard shall first be compliant with IEEE Std 1149.1 used for testing purposes. A device, or set of devices implementing this standard may be programmed (written), read back, erased, and verified, singly or concurrently, with a standardized set of resources. Sample implementation and application details (which are not part of this standard) are included for illustrative purposes.

The project will augment the efforts of 1532 by describing a Boundary-Scan Description Language (BSDL) extension appropriate for describing the configuration algorithm for 1532 compliant devices. Implement errata to body of Standard as necessary.

This completes the work of 1532 by providing an software automatable mechanism (BSDL) for accessing the configurable properties of 1532 compliant devices. Implement errata to body of Standard as necessary.