2.5 Where can I get an EPROM/PLD programmer?
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2.5 Where can I get an EPROM/PLD programmer?
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.intronics.com
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: o http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/FAQ/BODY/F_Eprom_pr.html o http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/F_pal_gal.html
Plans for making your own can be found at:
FTP sites:
ftp.paranoia.com/pub/users/defiant
ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/
ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/060/
ftp://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/pub/sis/CAD/DIY/BITMAPS/com84.zip
WWW pages:
http://www.demon.co.uk/paulmax/stegen/hwsw.htm
http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbhstdj/files
http://www.www.ts.umu.se/~johan/project.html
A HREF=" http://www.bos.nl/homes/waklos/"> http://www.bos.nl/homes/waklos/
PIC Programmers
http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbhstdj/piclinks.html
http://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/~sis/mirror/robin/picpro.html
ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/micro-controllers/PIC/
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaame/pic/pic.htm
http://www.spies.com/~eric/pic/
http://robotics.com/pic.html
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/
A simple eprom emulator circuit and DOS software can be found at http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/
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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