MICTOR is an acronym for Matched Impedance ConnecTOR, a product line of vertical

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. Produced by

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, they are attached to

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s using

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. They can be used for probing boards. MICTOR are used in HP and Tektronix logic analyzers. Connectors can be used even for very-high frequency applications, up to 100-ps

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. Some of Mictor signals can be used for

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, e.g. in FPGA debugging variants of the connector. Along with JTAG, Mictor connectors can also carry hardware trace signals like ARM

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ETM (Embedded Trace Macrocell) or PTM (Program Trace Macrocell). Lauterbach's ARM Connector Specification
p. 18 Minimal variant of MICTOR consists of 38 signal positions; larger variants are designed up to 266 signals (with 38 increments). Connector is usually surface mounted.

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