On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:28 PM, SM Ling wrote: > > How many programmable device are you using? It seems to me > > it is too costly to support a good universal programmer for an > > indivisual or a small company. And now for new MCUs, the > > vendors will tend to provide a good and relatively cheap > > programmer. > > For the stated purpose I cannot tell what device I shall meet. Just > recently, Runfei has been versatile, let me reprogramed the 93C56 > inside the Canon print head and recovered some of them. As you know, > price of 1 Ink head = 1 printer. I see. PICkit 2 support 93C56. It supports I2C/SPI/MicroWire EERPOMs and many more. > Now I have a need to do some 28F008 flash from Intel. I see. I am not so sure about this one. PICKit 2 does not support it and I am not so sure if someone will port it to support those Flash memories. > Previously I checked, Willem was totally not usable. While my > programmers and manufacturers are slowly dying out, my impression is > Willem programmer is growing stronger. Neither am I religious about > the purity of the open-source concept, but having a little openness > here seem to be helpful in keeping this type of tool alive longer. That is true. Open source does give you one more possibility to fix a dead product. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist