Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> Tjaart van der Walt wrote:
>
> > Well done Tony - your engine looks great! I think it is the first
> > time that something like this is available in the public domain.
>
> Thanks for the comments.

> I made up a daughter PCB that programs most PICs, even the 14 pin ones,
> and some serial and I2C EEPROMs. Total cost, about $5.
>
> As an aside, I needed to create a circuit that could switch two
> transistors on at an interval of 180mS to test some equipment. This may
> have been a fiddly task, but The Engine did it, and it only took a few
> minutes to get it going.

Will it be possible to display (scaled) analogue values? A good
example of this is measuring the current of a production board
on startup. If it is out of bounds, it is rejected with a loud
beep (We had to keep ourselves from popping up a win box with
a smirking face). We are also working on a much more powerfull
script engine that will enable us to use it in a repair
environment too. The technician can modify scripts to suit the batch.

At the moment, our jig can program a few PICs, I2C memory,
JTAG on a Motorola, and general comms with the device under
test with the current scripts. We are moving to 3V for the next
generation of products. Ironically we use a 8051 to program our
PICs.

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