Eprom programmers what to buy..

[Michael Kennedy]

I'm looking to get an eprom programer capable of programming eproms and
eeproms and possibly pic's.. Does anybody have any advice on what to buy?

- Mike

 

[Rich Webb]

I'm looking to get an eprom programer capable of programming eproms and
eeproms and possibly pic's.. Does anybody have any advice on what to buy?

I like the Needhams EMP-11 as a "personal programmer" although if I were
buying today I'd give a hard look at the Galep-4.

http://www.needhams.com/products-emp11.html
http://www.galep.com/english/galep4.htm

Keep in mind that both of these are parallel-port programmers and that
interface may become increasingly hard to find on PCs. There are USB-
connected programmers available (and more will surely become so) but,
today, the USB variety are a bit more expensive than the legacy parallel
port devices.

 

[Michael Kennedy]

Keep in mind that both of these are parallel-port programmers and that

interface may become increasingly hard to find on PCs.

Well That won't be a problem for me untill they do away with PCI.. I've got
a PCI Future Domain parallel port card.


- Mike

 

[John Bachman]

I suggest that you take a look at the Jupitel VersaProg at
www.anatekcorp.com/testequipment/versaprog.htm. It comes with a
library of approx. 14,000 files.

John

 

[Frank-Christian Kruegel]

I'm looking to get an eprom programer capable of programming eproms and
eeproms and possibly pic's.. Does anybody have any advice on what to buy?

- Mike

I can recommend Xeltek (www.xeltek.com). I've got the SuperPro 280U (USB)
and am very happy with it. There are updates at least monthly, and the
current device list shows 15499 different parts. Sells for about 200-250$ at
ebay.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Frank-Christian Krügel

 

[Philip Pemberton]

I'm looking to get an eprom programer capable of programming eproms and
eeproms and possibly pic's.. Does anybody have any advice on what to buy?

I recommend looking at some of the Elnec programmers (www.elnec.com). Their
tech support is amazing - I reported a minor issue with programming an EPROM,
got a workaround in two hours, and they released an updated version of the
driver software (with the bugfix) by the end of the week.

Don't dismiss their programmers just because they're cheaper than most of the
competition. My Preprom-02aLV is built like a tank, and the driver software is
really easy to use - if you download it, it'll run in "Demo mode" to let you
see what it's capable of before you buy the programmer.

I don't think they still make the PrEPROM series, but they do make some
similar programmers, and a few "universal" programmers with pin-drivers on all
the socket pins.

No relation to the company or anyone that works for them - I'm just a
satisfied customer...