Software programmable verification tool having a single built-in self-test (bist) module for testing and debugging multiple memory modules in a device under test (dut)

Abstract

Aspects of the invention for testing and debugging an embedded device under test may include the step of loading an instruction into a parameterized shift register of a BIST module coupled to each one of a plurality of embedded memory modules comprising the embedded device under test. An identity of the loaded instruction may be determined subsequent to loading the instruction into the parameterized shift register. A plurality of test signals may be generated which correspond to the determined identity of the loaded instruction. In this regard, each of the generated plurality of test signals may control the execution of the testing and debugging of a corresponding one of each of the plurality of embedded memory modules that make up the embedded device under test.