Re: EPROMs - Need good, low cost device to program

On Mon, 30 May 2005 02:55:45 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.needhams.com/products-EMP11.html is in the $300 range, but
>it will program anything you're likely to need in the way of memory, and
>some processors. I used the older EMP-20 for several years in a
>manufacturing environment. This may be more than you want to spend, but
>its worth taking a look at what it can do.

Another endorsement here for the EMP11. I picked one up a few years ago
as a "personal" programmer for home and, occasionally, my desk at work
to complement the EMP-20 and Data I/O programmers there.

It did fail in use a year or so back. We popped it open and it appears
that it was killed by one of the bad electrolytic caps that was making
the rounds a few years ago. Although it was out of warranty, Needhams
cleaned, repaired, tested, and returned it for free.

The only caveat is that it's a parallel port device and that interface
is slowly disappearing.

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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