JTAG Programmers

JTAG Programming Solutions Comparison Chart

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	JTAG-HS2	JTAG-HS3	JTAG-SMT2	JTAG-SMT2-NC	JTAG-SMT3-NC	JTAG-SMT4
Max Speed	30 MHz	30 MHz	30 MHz	30 MHz	30 MHz	30 MHz
Voltage Range	1.8 V to 5 V	1.8 V to 5 V	1.8 V to 5 V	1.8 V to 5 V	1.8 V to 5 V	1.8 V to 3.3 V
Xilinx Native Support	ISE 13.2+ Vivado 2012.1+	ISE 14.1+ Vivado 2013.3+	ISE 14.1+ Vivado 2013.1+	ISE 14.1+ Vivado 2013.1+	ISE 14.1+ Vivado 2014.1	Vivado Vitis 2020.1+
Xilinx Plug-in Support	ISE 12.1+	ISE 12.1+	ISE 13.1+	ISE 13.1+	ISE 13.1+	NONE
Digilent Adept Support	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
PC Interface	USB	USB	USB	USB	USB	USB
Onboard USB Connector	YES	YES	YES	NO ¹⁾	NO ²⁾	NO ³⁾
Host Board Connector Interface	6-pin 14-pin ⁴⁾	14-pin	11-Pad SMT	13-Pad SMT	18-Pad SMT	28-Pad SMT
4-Wire JTAG	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
2-Wire JTAG	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO
Zynq-7000 PS_SRST_B Support	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Zynq-7000 PS_POR_B Support	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
SPI Support	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO
Independent UART Channels	0	0	0	0	1	3