From: Marko Mäkelä (marko.makela_at_hut.fi)
Date: 2006-07-18 22:00:30
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 06:33:22PM +0200, Rainer Buchty wrote:
> >Speaking of EPROM programmers and erasers; I have a bit of money that
> >need to be used up and I looked into how much a modern programmer and
> >eraser costs.. Programmers starting at $320-390, erasers at $160.
> >Sheesh, maybe I don't really have that kind of need, or I'm looking
> >at the wrong places (ELFA in this case).
Isn't ELFA the last place to look from? They are expensive and (in Finland)
have very poor customer service.
> Build this one:
> http://s-huehn.de/elektronik/epromprog/epromprog.htm
>
> Supports everything "we" need and is even OS-independent as it is
> entirely controlled through RS232.
On a related note, if you are unlucky enough to miss an RS-232 connector
on your computer, it seems that Prolific PL2303 based USB to RS-232 adapters
are a safe bet. While XON/XOFF handshaking will not work on Linux,
CTS/RTS will work. Some time ago, I made some experiments with a borrowed
PL2303 adapter, and was able to patch c2nload (adding some delays or
tweaking the system calls) so that it would work on both Debian GNU/Linux
(kernel 2.6.16.x or so) and Windows XP. On one occasion, my FTDI FT232BM
based adapter (FTDI US232B) worked on Windows XP, but I think it was an
accident. The ftdi_sio driver on Linux is broken beyond repair.
Marko
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