Re: universal programmer
- From: "Abstract Dissonance" <Abstract.Dissonance.hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:12:06 -0600
"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Abstract Dissonance wrote:
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>> Since I'm trying to get into MCU it seems I will need a programmer to get
>> anywhere. From looking online it seems that any "decent" programmer is
>> pretty expensive(1k+) and those that are cheap seem to offer very few
>> features and few chip support.
>
> I use this. It's good. ~ $333
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> http://www.conitec.net/hardware/epages/galep4.htm
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> Conitec's new fourth generation GALEP-4 is a professional field programmer
> of
> pocket-sized dimension. The new Galep supports EPROMs, EEPROMs, FLASH
> EPROMs,
> serial EEPROMs, Microcontrollers, GALs and PALCEs - handling up to DIP40
> devices
> without requiring additional adapters or circuitry.
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>
> Socket adaptors can be pricey for what they are though.
>
> Graham
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Ok, I might get that if I end up having to buy one ;) I saw it before too
but it seems like it is more universal than some.
What I don't like is that it doesn't handle 32-bit... Now this isn't
probably a bit deal as I probably won't ever use 32-bit chips but is it
really that hard to support it? After all, its just a matter of turning on
and off pins, right?
One thing I'd like to have is the possibility of using more pins than 40, it
seems that most programmers are limited to this but the most expensive. I
feel that this is kinda an arbitrary limitation(but ofcourse could be
wrong). After all, only a couple of pins are actually used in the
programming process but are just "arbitrarily" placed among the leads on the
chip(which is what makes it more complicated). By having a controllable
reordering of the pins so that one could put the "program pins" up first
should make it much easer?
Although I guess that isn't such a big deal cause one just has to buy
adapters?
Thanks
AD
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