Where to find protocol for Willem or EzFlash programmers?

[Pawel Kraszewski]

HellO!

 I have a Willem-compatible EPROM/FLASH/MCU/Whatever necessary programmer. I
have some software with it, but guess - windows only. (no, it doesn't run
on my WINE).

 I decided to write my own application (at least for the basic MCUs, like
AVRs and 89C*051), but I stuck at the protocol.

 My question is: is there any documentation on how to program this kind of
programmer? I found, that some LPT lines control VCC and VPP but that's how
far I got.

 Any help would be greatly appreciated,
  best regards,

 

[Rich Grise]

HellO!

 I have a Willem-compatible EPROM/FLASH/MCU/Whatever necessary programmer. I
have some software with it, but guess - windows only. (no, it doesn't run
on my WINE).

You might let the WINE people know, to see if they want to queue it up to
add to their compatibility list.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Pawel Kraszewski]

You might let the WINE people know, to see if they want to queue it up to
add to their compatibility list.

I still insist on doing it myself The how-tos on the net are for ancient
versions of WINE - I rely on a newer one.

 

[Eeyore]

HellO!

I have a Willem-compatible EPROM/FLASH/MCU/Whatever necessary programmer. I
have some software with it, but guess - windows only. (no, it doesn't run
on my WINE).

I decided to write my own application (at least for the basic MCUs, like
AVRs and 89C*051), but I stuck at the protocol.

My question is: is there any documentation on how to program this kind of
programmer? I found, that some LPT lines control VCC and VPP but that's how
far I got.

Did you buy it on ebay by any chance ?

Why not use Windows ? Do you really want to re-invent the wheel ?

Graham

 

[Pawel Kraszewski]

Did you buy it on ebay by any chance ?

No, directly from producer. Very cute design with intechangable sockets
varying from simple 8-pin DIP socket up to profi ZIF sockets for SMD
devices.

Why not use Windows ? Do you really want to re-invent the wheel ?

Want to donate me one? If yes, I'd like to have 64-bit XP Pro. Or better,
64-bit 2003 Server

But seriously - those windows programming programs (yuck!):
1. Have *UGLY* gui
2. Are close-sourced (mostly)
3. Aren't easy expandable
4. Don't quite work on X86_64 platform
5. Need CPU-expensive emulation on Linux (if work at all - they don't on my
system)

My plan is like that:
1. Nice, customizable full screen GUI
2. Do it open-source
3. Move programming algorithms out of main application to independent
modules (or better, describe algo as an XML file)
4&5. Do it in platform-independent way (preferably Java) so just hardware-
dependent code would be native (just a ParPort access)

Having it in Java - perhaps it would be relative easy to incorporate it in
some framework, for example Eclipse. Imagine develop->compile->program
process in a single IDE !!

I wouldn't call it re-inventing a wheel... Mr Dunlop didn't re-invent
wheel - he just made it way more comfortable to use