Re: VECTOR: Wilem.org eprom program -- any opinions

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From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:10:48 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: VECTOR: Wilem.org eprom program -- any opinions

> 
> 
> Just looking into an eprom programmer, and found a relatively low cost one 
> available in kit form from www.wilem.org, seems to do just about anything. 
> Previous versions needed an adaptor for 2716/32's, but the version 4.0 just 
> released seems to no longer need it.
> 
> Kit would be $57, Assembled $79.  
> 
> Has anyone used one of thee, even an older version ? 
> 
i'v used the older version, it's a nice bit of kit.
it's main strength is that it can do most flash chips,
the only 3 problems with it are:
1 - it needs a case, not a problem but a shame willem didnt supply one.
2 - it's slow, it uses shift-registers to send the data bit-by-bit.
3 - it uses a slightly unusual psu voltage, but not a problem for most of us here.

that said, for the price it's a great deal and you can customise it all you want due to the schematics being public and a Linux open-source version of the software being developed.

i say go for it.