The new Remote Instrumentation Controller family from ASSET InterTech applies JTAG/boundary scan tests directly over the Internet. The RIC-1000 controller connects locally to a circuit board or other UUT (unit under test) and remotely over Ethernet to an ASSET ScanWorks embedded instrumentation platform. It incorporates local intelligence and implements a client/server architecture in relation to a remote ScanWorks station. Each controller can be assigned an IP (Internet Protocol) address. This allows a test engineer at a ScanWorks station in North America to apply tests over the Internet on a circuit board that is being manufactured in a factory in Asia, for example.