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Embedded instrumentation
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<p>In the <a href="/facts/Electronics/E4JhgISq">electronics</a> industry, embedded instrumentation refers to the integration of test and measurement instrumentation into <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconductor</a> chips (or <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a> devices). Embedded instrumentation differs from <a href="/facts/Embedded_system/a4muX1wU">embedded system</a>, which are electronic systems or subsystems that usually comprise the control portion of a larger electronic system. Instrumentation embedded into chips (embedded instrumentation) is employed in a variety of electronic test applications, including validating and testing chips themselves, validating, testing and debugging the <a href="/facts/Circuit-boards/muSR2p43">circuit boards</a> where these chips are deployed, and troubleshooting systems once they have been installed in the field. </p><p>A working group of the IEEE (<a href="/facts/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers/UddC4pUW">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a>) that is developing a standard for accessing embedded instruments (the IEEE 1687 Internal JTAG standard) defines embedded instrumentation as follows: </p><p><i>Any logic structure within a device whose purpose is <a href="/facts/Design_for_Test/wGKySXgc">Design for Test</a> (DFT), Design-for-Debug (DFD), Design-for-Yield (DFY), Test... There exists the widespread use of embedded instrumentation (such as BIST (<a href="/facts/Built-in_self-test/gLgshIsB">built-in self-test</a>) Engines, Complex I/O Characterization and Calibration, Embedded Timing Instrumentation, etc.). </i> </p>