13 Apr
2002
13 Apr
'02
10:40 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Everyone knows you can get 'universal' device
programmers that program
PROMs, PALs, GALs, EPROMs, microcontrollers, and so on. The original
question was clearly asking whether early PALs used a similar programming
algorithm to the bipolar PROMs of the same time period. I don't think
they ever did.
But most companies think $500 is low cost for a programer.
But just as some enthusiasts like making and operating
sailing ships, so
some enthusiasts like wiring up TTL.
I like designing computers. I don't like wireing TTL. $125 US is the
lowest cost CPLD developent kit I have seen. A $15 chip replaces 15 TTL
at $.50 each -- $7.50 .I guess the savings must be in sockets and PCB
board size.
-tony
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