On Thursday 05 June 2008 18:05, Eric Smith wrote:
Seth wrote:
I'd like to get some advice on getting a
general-purpose (E)PROM
burner.
[for EPROMs, PROMs, PALs, GALs, CPLDs]
The "Swiss army knife" of device programmers would be the Data I/O
Unisite, 2900, 3900, or 3980. Used ones show up on eBay, but usually
without the software, and often the seller isn't able to test them.
(Sellers often describe the status of the self-test indicator, but
that's not really good enough.)
I'll second Eric's suggestions. I've got two 3980's and love 'em. I
picked one
up at an auction for $50 (with many plugins) and another for $200 in a
private sale. As Erik said, be sure to get the software with the programmer.
The cost from Data I/O is steep.
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
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