27 Dec
2009
27 Dec
'09
7:40 p.m.
--- On Sun, 12/27/09, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
Unless you're really cramped for space, why not
create a
"custom" chip carrier?? Use one of the SMT packages (vs
DIP).? Many of the Ramtron parts are marketed as
replacements for RAM+battery so I suspect that you'd run the
same problem with that solution too.
All these "solutions" seem like a heck of a lot more work than the EPROMs
they're meant to replace. I mean, used EPROM chips are fifty cents each or less, and
they are quite easy to get. Even if you're doing code development, changing the code
in the chip many times a day, having a dozen chips on hand would be the simple, cheap way
to go. Erasing them isn't that big a deal.
I've done development on homemade stuff requiring the constant reburning of EPROMs to
test code, and it's really not any sort of problem - just have a handful of chips, and
when you start running low, throw some into the eraser and they'll be ready when you
need them next.
If everyone else is this opposed to the simple, reliable, inexpensive EPROM - then
I'll happily take any unwanted chips :)
-Ian