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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1175 on: April 16, 2018, 05:16:43 am »
Hi folks,
will the following adaptor work for my TL866?
http://www.epromirok.hu/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=197

I would like to be able to program HD6475328 PLCC 84-pin chips :)
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1176 on: April 16, 2018, 11:54:08 am »
I've been toying around with attiny45 avr's, and am currently at a point where I need an extra i/o pin so I wad thinking about disabling the RESET pin.

From what i've read, the tl866 supports HVSP, so does this mean I can recover the RESET pin fuse with the tl866?

I don't see any any toggle switch in the software, so does the tl866 always use HVSP on these attiny's?

Anyone can actually confirm?

EDIT:
I just went ahead and took the risk of having a unsable tiny45, but I can confirm that the TL866 can indeed reset the fuses. I disabled the RESET pin (HFUSE 0x5F), and was able to read and rewrite the program & fuses without a problem.
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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1177 on: April 17, 2018, 02:53:33 am »
@teevee  no it wont do, please check the TL866  ic's listing supported

http://www.autoelectric.cn/MiniPro/TL866II_List.txt

you already know the Mcumall GQ-4X  will program it  ...

BUT

Some Hitachi cpu will behave like an eeprom or prom once put in the right mode, you have to read their pdf sheets to know if its possible, and wich chip it will emulate ...

http://pdf1.alldatasheet.fr/datasheet-pdf/view/77345/HITACHI/HD6475328-CP10.html
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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1178 on: April 17, 2018, 09:50:41 am »
Can this thing program some Renesas UPD78 or so devices? Freescale?

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1179 on: April 17, 2018, 10:49:31 am »
Can this thing program some Renesas UPD78 or so devices? Freescale?

Please have a look at the list of supported devices. The link is in the post directly above yours.
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1180 on: April 18, 2018, 07:44:04 pm »
I've been toying around with attiny45 avr's, and am currently at a point where I need an extra i/o pin so I wad thinking about disabling the RESET pin.

From what i've read, the tl866 supports HVSP, so does this mean I can recover the RESET pin fuse with the tl866?

I don't see any any toggle switch in the software, so does the tl866 always use HVSP on these attiny's?

Anyone can actually confirm?

EDIT:
I just went ahead and took the risk of having a unsable tiny45, but I can confirm that the TL866 can indeed reset the fuses. I disabled the RESET pin (HFUSE 0x5F), and was able to read and rewrite the program & fuses without a problem.
i'll be quoting myself, but i'm confused.
Upon first programming my attiny45 with RESET disabled (E2 5F fuses), I am able to reprogram the fuses, and read & verify RESET is enabled again.
The tiny lets me erase, program, read... so I see no problem.

Now after building it into my project, I was not satisfied with the code, so I wanted to reprogram it (knowing it worked before). But now it's not longer working. I am not able to reset the fuses, and reprogram/erase/id the tiny..

first time i thought i had accidentely disabled spi also (so i guess i would need a HVPP), so second time i made sure the fuses were set correctly. but I'm up to 2 unusable mcu's now.  |O :-//
This really has me scratching my head right now...


The only explanation i can come up with, is that the fuses only come into effect, upon first powerup and running the code.
That would explain why i can enable/disable the fuses upon first programming/testing. but once it runs the code/powers on, the reset would effectively be disabled, and the tl866 is not really supporting HVSP.  :wtf:

EDIT:
I'll be damned.... apparently it works fine in the soic ziff socket...  |O :-//

So, here's the story. I program the soic8 ATtiny45 in a ziff socket. Then I solder it to a dip8 breakoutboard, so i can wire it up in my project.
Now when I wanted to reprogam it, i dosldered it from the project, wired it to a 8pin ribon cable, that goes to a pinheader, into the TL866 Socket.

Apparently this was causing my headache. As a desperate measure, i put the heatgun to it, desolderen the ATtiny from the breakout, it it worked just find in the soic8 ziff socket  :palm:

Still have no clue as to what the problem is. tried 2 different ATtinys on 2 different breakoutboards, both the same problem, breakoutboards checks out fine, the ribbon cable measured fine pin-for-pin, the pinheader checks-out fine... i'm clueless. but atleast I can use my ATTinys again.  :clap:


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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1181 on: April 19, 2018, 03:34:38 am »
yours is a sivava willem programmer,  should be an tl866 clone,  not totally sure about it since the software is hard to find, unless someone has an link to download it ??

Not even sure they are on par with Autoelectric  for the sotwares updates and compatibility ??
 
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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1182 on: April 19, 2018, 08:40:58 am »
yours is a sivava willem programmer,  should be an tl866 clone,  not totally sure about it since the software is hard to find, unless someone has an link to download it ??

Not even sure they are on par with Autoelectric  for the sotwares updates and compatibility ??
I am aware it is a clone, and I had this unit for years.
Has been crossflashed to a tl866a, and has always been running the latest official software/firmware (updates the fw just fine). It has always been able to work with any ic I threw at it. It does program my attiny in hvsp mode, in a soic8 ziff adaptor. Just not wired like above (for some reason i just can't explain).

This works just fine to reset the RE fuse and revive to attiny reset pin:


 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1183 on: April 22, 2018, 02:53:12 pm »
Software 6.71 and 7.11 are out.
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1184 on: April 24, 2018, 05:10:01 pm »
Version: V6.71 Support:14299 --2018.04.17

ADD:
PM25LQ512 /010/020/040/080/016/032 GD25B32 /GD25B64
Fix: S24S45 DS1220(RW)Algorithm.

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1185 on: April 26, 2018, 08:11:59 pm »
WizardProg Mobile also updated.
Support TL866 with 6.71 software version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wizardprog.mobile
 
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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1186 on: April 26, 2018, 09:00:23 pm »
WizardProg Mobile also updated.
Support TL866 with 6.71 software version.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wizardprog.mobile

For those who might have missed it earlier: Here is SergMM's post on his Android software for this programmer. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-411-minipro-tl866-universal-programmer-review/msg1322926/#msg1322926

Thanks SergMM, much appreciated! BTW -- when I looked up your forum profile, searching for the original post, I found that you have pretty uniques post statistics. Please see the picture: "He don't talk much, but what is says carries some weight." ;) 
Congrats!

 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1187 on: April 27, 2018, 06:23:31 am »
Thanks SergMM, much appreciated! BTW -- when I looked up your forum profile, searching for the original post, I found that you have pretty uniques post statistics. Please see the picture: "He don't talk much, but what is says carries some weight." ;) 
Congrats!

+1 , I used it and it works.  :-+ Another kudos to SergMM.

About the app, to SergMM, if you're reading this, personally, I wouldn't mind if you charge your app instead of giving it for free, really.  :clap:

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1188 on: May 02, 2018, 08:35:13 pm »
I got a chip ID 80 04 from a read ID. What is that?  :-// (I have a list of chip ids but i cannot find this)
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1189 on: May 08, 2018, 10:24:35 am »
what chip did you put in, brand and model markings  ??  sometimes you remove the check id to program it ...
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1190 on: June 25, 2018, 10:27:11 am »
Servus and greatings from Bavaria,

this thread is meanwhile ongoing some days and fortunately seems to be active yet. I was really impressed when going through almost all posts :phew:
I wonder whether there does also exist a schematics for the latest TL866II already? And possibly the Firmware Updater for this one as well? I'm asking because I have one here no longer responding to any PC when plugging the USB cable, just the power LED lightning. The plan is to get it alive again  :-/O

Worked from the beginning - but only for about 10 days...
The one thing happened was the firmware update right at the first start. After this it was online and working. Then I forgot it on a running PC connected for about two days, meaning it was powered on for at least 50h. Just noticed that when trying to check a desoldered TTL and the software did no longer detect the TL866II.
Was it due to my "burn in test"... :-[

I searched a while on the new TL866II but finally could only find some pictures from the PCBs which I have attached, no additional info yet. Hopefully someone (radioman?) can light the shadow on this device update :-+

 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1191 on: June 25, 2018, 01:33:48 pm »
Is the red LED lit up ?

Do you see it in Device Manager ?

 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1192 on: June 25, 2018, 06:44:04 pm »
Yes, the red LED is lit up
No, on none PC shown up in the device manager, either with installed driver already or new PC for this device.

So far only tested under Win10/x64 but (when it still worked) it could be installed on three differnt PCs without any issues.
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1193 on: June 26, 2018, 08:00:46 am »
Yes, the red LED is lit up
No, on none PC shown up in the device manager, either with installed driver already or new PC for this device.

So far only tested under Win10/x64 but (when it still worked) it could be installed on three differnt PCs without any issues.

It should show up even without a driver.  It sounds faulty to me.

This is a long shot but have you tried making sure that the USB cable is fully inserted and even swapped it for another ?

 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1194 on: July 09, 2018, 09:07:46 am »
I want to read a AT49F1024A Flash memory. The memory is in a VSOP package. TL866 knows it is a VSOP package but it says to use the TSOP adapter.

I guess this is an error. Is there a VSOP socket adapter available?



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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1195 on: July 20, 2018, 09:18:53 pm »
Hey guys!

Anyone had any luck dealing with the new and annoying, garbled english 'copyright infringement and piracy' message that pops up in the new firmware/client software that was released today?

It looks like the new code also locks out the 'tl866' firmware updater as I cannot downgrade to remove the new boobytrapped version--it just hangs at the 'erase' stage.

I do not have any EEPROMs to hand to test if it even still writes...
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1196 on: July 20, 2018, 10:09:34 pm »
I have an original programmer. Never had an issue with the updates. Never had to do any tricks. The latest update bricked mine also!

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1197 on: July 20, 2018, 10:10:57 pm »
Linux version errors with:

IO error: bulk_transfer: LIBUSB_ERROR_OVERFLOW
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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1198 on: July 20, 2018, 10:41:58 pm »
Yep--just dug out an AT29C256 EEPROM. The bastard will not write. Just gives a prime Engrish message, somewhat mystifyingly 'the infringement of copyright and piracy.' message...  In Britain at least this is almost certainly against the law. And the manufacturer seriously thinks this will make me buy another of their products? If they were the last maker of flash writers world I would not give them a single brass farthing!

Maybe one of the chaps can sort this out. I would be happy if I could just reflash back to an older version that still worked. As of now the thing is a paperweight. I won't bin it just yet however just in case someone can come up with a recovery.
 

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Re: EEVblog #411 - MiniPro TL866 Universal Programmer Review
« Reply #1199 on: July 20, 2018, 10:56:33 pm »
It detects my TSOP48 adapter board though...

Is your programmer original?

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