hardware : device programmers

microcontroller programmers

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TI MSP430

• $127 TI MSP430 programmer mentioned at /techref/ti/index.htm

Cypress PSoC

• m8cprogs for Cypress PSoC ( http://m8cutils.sourceforge.net/ )

PAL/GAL Programmers

• ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cae
• ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/pal2docs.zip
• ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/60/
• http://www.needhams.com/

PROM/EPROM/EEPROM programmers

• http://willem.org/ "for people who want to exchange their experiences and ideas, ask questions to each other and to developers of the eprom programmer and adapters." Has the full schematic diagram and parts list for the "Willem Eprom Programmer" kit. The source code for the PC software that drives it is available.
• $114.90 Epromer-5 from UST Research connects to PC parallel port (price with everything, assembled, tested)

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Plans for making your own programmer can be found at:

FTP sites:

• ftp.paranoia.com/pub/users/defiant (offline 2004-08)
• ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/ (offline 2004-08)
• ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/060/ (offline 2004-08)
• ftp://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/pub/sis/CAD/DIY/BITMAPS/com84.zip (offline 2004-08)

WWW pages:

• David Tait's PIC Archive

A simple eprom emulator circuit and DOS software can be found at http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/

Self loading? (page doesn't exist 2004-08)

Eproms

• http://www.pcug.org.au/~glennpur/electron.htm

Suppliers

• local auctions

articles

Articles:

• Popular Electronics, in the July 1982 issue
• "Popular Electronics", Feb 1978, page 41
• "Build This PLD Programmer" by Robert G. Brown
  Electronics Now (magazine), May 1994
• Various kits and software are available from R.G. Brown, 30 Wicks Road, E. Northport, NY 11731
• "Project: GAL programmer" by Manfred Nosswitz.
  Elektor Electronics (magazine), May 1992
• "Project: GAL Programmer Upgrade" by M. Nosswitz
  Elektor Electronics, June 1993
  The software and PC boards are available through the Elektor publishers/franchises in various countries.

•      Old Colony Sound Lab
       P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH  03458
       (603) 924-6371 or -6526   Fax (603) 924-9467
       In the UK
       Elektor Electronics (Publishing)
       P. O. Box 1414, Dorchester  DT2 8YH, England
  

• The June '96 Elektor Electronics (UK edition). has an EPROM programmer and emulator
• "Generic Array Logic (GAL)" D. Gembris
  Elektor Electronics, April 1992
• "EPLD programmer design" John Cromie
  Electronics & Wireless World, February 1989
• "Create Your Own IC's", Bill Green
  Popular Electronics, January 1990
• If you have a Linux system you can design for Xilinx X3000 FPGA in a subset of VHDL. There is a free package named Alliance. It is available from www.mit.edu, or similar sites. Fire up your search engine and search for ALLIANCE.
• "A PAL Programmer" and "Getting Started with PALS" , Robert A. Freedman
  Byte, January 1987

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• Advin Systems 1050-L East Duane St. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 1-408-736-2503
• Alta Engineering http://www.gutbang.com/alta/
• Andromeda Research, PO Box 222, Milford, OH 45150 1-513-831-9708
• BP Microsystems
• DATA I/0 (http://www.data-io.com)
• Dataman Programmers ( http://www.dataman.com)
• Digikey 1-800-344-4539 http://www.digikey.com
• General Device Instruments, (408) 241-7376
  408-241-7376 Sales 408-241-6375 FAX
  408-983-1234 BBS All software to demo free
  e-mail:ICDEVICE@ix.netcom.com
  e-mail: icdevice@best.com
  http://www.generaldevice.com
• Intronics, 612 Newton Street, Edwardsville, Kansas 66111
  (913) 422-2094
  1-800-339-5152 (sales only)
  http://www.in-ks.com/

  The Intronics who makes the Pocket Programmer is *not* http://www.intronics.com, though the other address/ phone details posted here are correct. Since http://www.intronics.com/ scored the ".com" first, he had to settle for http://www.in-ks.com/.

  -- Regards, Paul B. (Yes, I still know what a PIC is!) paulb(at)clinipath.com.au

• Jason-Ranheim Company, 3105 Gayle Lane, Auburn, California 95603.
  (800) 421-7731 Orders Toll Free (800) 421-7748 From California
  (916) 878-0785.
  
• JDR Microdevices Orders: 1-800-538-5000 Cust. Service: 1-800-538-5001
  1850 South 10th Street, San Jose CA 95112-4108
  
• Logical Devices, 130 Capitol Drive, Golden, CO 80401 1-303-279-6868
  1-800-315-7766, tech support (in Flordia) 1-305-428-6868
  http://www.logicaldevices.com
• M2L Electronics 3526 Jasmine #4 Los Angeles, CA 90034
  310 837-7818 (9am-5pm)
  BBS/FAX: 310 841 6050
  loving@cs.ucla.edu
  http://www.cs.ucla.edu/csd-grads-gs3/loving/www/m2l.html
  
• Microchip Technology Inc 602 786 7200
  2355 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler AZ 85224
  http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip/
• Mouser Electronics 1-800-346-6873 http://www.mouser.com
• Needham's Electronics 1-916-924-8037 Fax: (916) 924-8065
  4630 Beloit Drive, Suite #20, Sacramento, CA 95838
  BBS: (916) 924-8094
  http://www.needhams.com/
• Stag Micro Systems. 1600 Wyatt Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054 1-408-988-1118
• System General
• XELTEK unipro Universl Programmer that programs: Eproms, EEProms, Bipolar, Epld, Flash, Gal, Pal, and some Microcontrollers. Also tests TTL, CMOS, DRAM & SRAMS.
  3563 Ryder St. Santa Clara, CA 95051
  (408) 524-1929 (voice)
  (408) 245-7084 (fax)
  (408) 245-7082 (bbs)
  http://www.xeltek.com/
• http://www.proaxis.com/~iguanalabs/micropro.htm
• http://www.isc-durant.com/nolan
• Lists of available programmers:
  • http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/FAQ/BODY/F_Eprom_pr.html
  • http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/F_pal_gal.html

See also:

• http://www.elnec.com Elnec, specialized programmers (PICmicro, memory, serial) and universal programmers.
• http://www.programmerhouse.com