Hi guys,

 

As we (DTA) are looking to expand selling our high performance chips it makes sense for me to have a programmer here in the UK. To that end I'm looking for advise from anyone who uses one and also on where I can get my mits on a programmer for a reasonable sum of ££. The Maplin kits are too expensive at £150. It will need the capability of burning 27C256 eproms and data verification. Preferably running off an XP machine via USB power and parallel interface. I've looked at ebay and can see a lot of "Willem" kits but all are located in the Far East and I need one a soon as possible.

 

Any and all feedback is much appreciated.

 

All the best,

 

Danny

Danny, You should have word with John Dixon mate. ;) ;) ;)

Danny,

 

You have PM ;)

Danny, You should have word with John Dixon mate. ;) ;) ;)

 

Thanks mate - completely forgot that he was our resident "chip specialist" ;)

Danny,

 

You have PM ;)

 

Thanks mate - have just seen it and will respond in a minute or two ...

 

Dan

This has now been sorted - bought one for a very reasonable price! Many thanks to all (esp. MTL)

 

Cheers!

 

Dan

This has now been sorted - bought one for a very reasonable price! Many thanks to all (esp. MTL)

 

Cheers!

 

Dan

 

Superb :D what one did you get?

Superb :D what one did you get?

 

I'm getting a Willems unit based on several recommendations. Thanks again for your offer Mat - really appreciated.

 

CheerZ,

 

Dan

Cool, glad it's sorted

I have one of the Maplins units and it works well on battery or mains. Not sure whether it's still available though.

I have one of the Maplins units and it works well on battery or mains. Not sure whether it's still available though.

 

It is Andy but at £149 a pop it was a bit out of my budget. Am getting one now for approx 40 Euro which does the same thing!

 

Cheers!

 

Danny

Yeah, just checked and it is that one, just with a different badge on it. I seem to recollect that Maplin screwed the pricing, I was expecting to pay £199 and yet they only charged me either £149 or £99 - - don't remember which.

I use a dataman S4, expensive but it is an emulator as well as a programmer, very nicey :)

A 12 year old S3 will do 27C256s. I've got a 15 year old Stag programmer which I got for £40 off e-bay which does up to 27C512. This uses a COM port and the app is written in DOS! You don't need anything expensive or new at all.

Just noticed this but the PSU looks to be faulty. They're not switched-mode though so should be easy to repair.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40004&item=3875831527&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Hi Danny,

 

Take a look here: http://www.batronix.com/electronic/index.shtml

 

I've got one of these: http://www.batronix.com/electronic/circuits/eeprommer.shtml - which works just fine.

 

Hope this helps

Simon.

Hi Danny,

 

Take a look here: http://www.batronix.com/electronic/index.shtml

 

I've got one of these: http://www.batronix.com/electronic/circuits/eeprommer.shtml - which works just fine.

 

Hope this helps

Simon.

 

Thanks Simon for the info and links. I've got a Willem unit coming soon.

 

Regards,

 

Danny