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Electronics => Microcontrollers => Topic started by: legacy on September 09, 2013, 12:33:35 pm
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i need to program {flash, eprom, eeprom}
in parallel and serial bus {spi, i2c}
in 3.3V and 5V range
i have to immediately program
- EN25Q64 (SPI)
- MX25L8005PC-15G (SPI)
- 24Cxx (I2C)
- 27040 and similar 27xxx (PARALLEL)
What do you think about galep5 (http://www.conitec.net/english/galep5.php) ?
It is incredibly full of features (jtag, too) but it costs ~$400
the "EZP2010" is a low cost SPI Programmer only for {24Cxx / 25Cxx / 93Cxx / 25L}
it costs $20, what do you think about it ?
"TRUE USB GQ-4X" should be an universal EEPROM FLASH programmer
it is developed by "MCUmall" and it is $100
here (http://www.c-u-s.co.uk/files/GQ-USB_Device_Support_List.pdf) it is the device support list
let me know!
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You can grab a pic16 or pic18 and a max232 or ftdi chip for usb to serial and make your own programmer for a few dollars... or you can get a pic18 dev board with the pickit3 for about 40-50$.
spi and i2c are easy... a microcontroller has no problems doing them. Parallel is also easy with a bit of trickery (shift registers or something if needed)
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no time to toy with tools, i have other problems to solve, so i'd like to buy something is assumed "working" out of the box for the most flash vendor arounds
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Also eprom needs particular hight voltage and peak timing programming, not all the flash are CFI, so ... it is easy to say "it can be done", a lot of time to make it really running. Also you have to think about the Application user interface, etc etc
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Although I personally don't have one, check Dave's review (http://www.eevblog.com/2013/01/17/eevblog-411-minipro-tl866-universal-programmer-review/) of the TL866 - it seems to be very decent for the price.