Jameco Electronics Superpro Series manual

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SUPERPRO ® series Univ ersal Programmers For Window s 95/98/NT/2000 User’s Guide XELTEK Jameco Part Number 231183[...]

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Contents 1. General Description 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 What is Superpro? 1.1.2 Manual Org aniz a tion 1.1.3 Manual Convention 1.1.4 Sy stem Requirement 1.3.2 Package 1.2 System Setup 1.2.1 Software I nstallation 1.2.2 Hardware I nstallation 1.2.3 Running the Program 1.2.4 Communication Error message 1.2.5 Device I nsertion 1.3 Program m ing Operati[...]

2.3.3 Select 2.3.4 Word Format 2.4 Test: <Alt-T> 2.4.1 New Pattern 2.4.2 Edit Pattern 2.4.3 Delete Pattern 2.4.4 TTL&CMOS test 2.4.5 Auto find device 2.4.6 Vector test 2.5 Option: <Al t-O> 2.5.1 Setting 2.5.2 Auto Increment 2.5.3 Load configure file 2.5.4 Save configure file 3. Appendices 3.1 Cust ome r Support 3.2 Error Messages 1.[...]

1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 What is Superpro? The SUPERPRO is a family of afforda ble, reliable , and fast unive rsal I C device programmers. They are designed to communicate through a parallel (printer) or USB port(model dependent) and to operate with I ntel 80486- and Pentium-based I BM- compatible desktop computers and notebook computers. Menu-driven[...]

Up arrow key = <Up arrow> Down arrow key = <Down arrow> Unless stated other wise, key strokes are not ca se-sensitive. e .g.: Both ' A' and 'a' are acceptable. 1.3.2 Sy stem Requirements The minimum requirement i s as follows : 1. A 486 or Pentium PC, desktop or laptop. 2. One parallel port, such as LPT1 (278H), L PT[...]

switch and observe the power LED coming on bright. Please be sure not to insert any chip onto the progr ammer socke t at this time. 1.2.3 Running the Program Please run the main program for the programmer. I f every thing is set up correctly , then the main screen should come up without any error message. At this point, y ou may select a device and[...]

1.2.5 Dev ice Insertion For chips in DIP package Follow the reference di ag ram next t o the socket. Chips are always inserted at the botto m line of the ZI F socket with the pin 1 facing toward upper left corner. For some low-end models, some devices may need to be inserted in a non-standard way. I nstruction for insertion of such de vices will ap[...]

selection of the device to read from. Click on Run from the main screen, which will pop up the Function screen. Click on the Read function, which copies the data from the master chip into the buffer. At this point y ou may go to the buffer and examine the data to see if it is loade d correc tly . The data may be saved to a disk for late r use. Prog[...]

Figure 8 Data ty pe 2.1.2 Save This selection will save the curre nt data in the buff er to disk. For E(E)PROM, BPROM or MCU device ty pes, Save File window will pop up. Select the folder and filename to be saved under. Next, File Ty pe dialog box will pop up for selecting file ty pe to be saved under. For PL D devices, the Save JED File dialogue b[...]

Figure 9. Edit Buffer Locate The function is convenient for locating a set of data for editing. I n the Locate Buffer dialog box, key in the address you wish to see display ed and press OK. The cursor will blink at the address speci fied in the space marked New Address . Fill The function will bring up the F ill Buffer dialog ue box. It consists of[...]

Swap MSB and L SB by te order for the specified word width in the address range. Figure 13. Swap Buffer Radix Toggles between HEX and DEC (Decimal) memory address display . Search Searches for a combinat ion of HEX/ASCI I codes (search string). Next Performs the nex t search for the search string in Search . 2.2.2 Encryption Table The Load Encrypti[...]

This opens the Vector Buf fer Edit window. If a test vector table is included in the JEDEC file, the software will load the test vec tor table to the buf fer automa tically when the JEDEC file is loaded. Ref er to the following when editing the test vec tor. Z: High impedance state X: Don't care state N: Vcc and ground (output pins are not tes[...]

Figure 15. Run Program The function write s the data from the buffer into the chip. The Verify function is performe d automatically after pr ogra mming. I f an error occ urs, the err or messag e will be display ed along with the addresses and data of the chip and buffer where the error occurred. Any other result will be displayed in the messag e se[...]

Verify The function compares the cont ent of the buffer to that of the chip. If there is any discrepancy , verify fail ure messa ge a nd the address whe re it starte d failing will be display ed in the Message window. For PROM or MCU devices, verification of range between start and end addresses (specified by you) is available. Blank Check The func[...]

Chip End I nput an address for the chip where y ou would like a selected function of downloading or uploading to end. This is normally set to the end address of the chip. Buff Star t This sets the address in the buffer where file loading begins. By changing the address, a file can be loaded at any desired location. Buff End This sets address in the[...]

Edit box. When the hi g hlighted cursor is placed over a name of the m a nufacturer, names of the device s for the manuf acturer se lected will be displa y ed instantly in the Device column. Type radio button allows y ou to select one of the different device types, such as, E/EPROM, PLD, MCU,etc. Select the device ty pe first before selecting Manuf[...]

The Word Format window allows y ou to specify the data format loaded into the buffer. The default se tting is Byte format. Word or Double Word format may be selected. F or progra mming into by te- wide chip furthe r selection to by te level is nee ded. Byte 8-bit data format is selected. Even Word I n the 16 bit word format, selection of Even Word [...]

Figure 18. Word Format 2.4. Test: <Alt-T> The SUPERPROs can test logic I C s and RAM devices, as well as perform vector testing on PLDs. The user-friendly software provides an easy interface for loading files, editing test patterns, and downloading and uploading data between the buffer and the device. The SUPERPROs provide a 74/54 and 4000/45[...]

L: Ou tp ut Logi c Lo w ( Vo l) C: Clock pin 1: I nput Log i c Hig h (Vih) 0: I nput Log i c L ow (Vil) 2.4.2 Edit Pattern This selection is used f or editing a test patter n in the library . When y ou are in the Test menu, click on Edit Pattern . This brings up the Select Chip to Edit dialogue box. I t consists of Select Type input line, a Device [...]

deleted and y ou will return to the main menu. Make sure you have made the correct selection. The only way to retrieve a deleted test pattern is to recreate the pattern (using ' New Pattern '). 2.4.4 TTL&CMOS test This selection tests TTL and CMOS devices. Click on the sub-menu TTL & CMOS Test in the Te st menu. This will open the[...]

Option : Check Insertion Test if you want the prog rammer to do an insertion test before any operation on the device. Check B eeper if y ou want the programmer to beep after any operation. . Initialize P rogram mer : Clicking on communication will sea rch the prog rammer through all possible para llel port. I f it finds the programme r, the communi[...]

e) Start pr ogra mming. Figure 21 .Auto I ncrement 2.5.3 Load config file Operational Config uration is created automatically during operation and saved as a file in the BI N directory . When the progra m is started the f ile is loaded au tomatically to restore the previous operational status, which includes device related information, parallel por[...]

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3.2.1 Invalid File Ty pe: An input file with wrong format is selected. Please select right format for the input file. 3.2.2 Init Programmer Error(Programmer initialization error): Communication searches no programmer connected. Software only works in demo mode. Make sure programmer powering on, search prog rammer with communication (S ee Se tting s[...]