Sean Breheny wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I must once again show my ignorance and ask a question:
> 
> In the recent message from Tech Tools and in many emulator ads, I have
> often seen the term "bondout". What does this mean?
> 
> Just going from what it sounds like, I would think it means access to the
> die of an IC (you BOND the pin wires to the die), but this doesn't seem to
> make sense to me in an emulator.

This is exactly what it is. Usually an 'emulator' is nothing 
more than a standard part with bondout connections. These 
connections give the rest of the circuitry access to the 
internal registers of the chip. 

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