Hardware characteristics of ChipProg-48

1.The programmer has a 48-pin ZIF socket with a lever that enables the insertion and clamping of any DIP-packed devices with the package width from 300 to 600 mil (7.62 to 15.24 mm) and with the number of leads up to 48.

2.Adapters for programming devices in the SDIP, PLCC, SOIC, SOP, PSOP, TSOP, TSOPII, TSSOP, QFP, TQFP, VQFP, QFN, SON, BGA, CSP and other packages are available from Phyton and selected third parties.

3.The programmer is built on the base of a very fast and productive 32-bit embedded microcontroller and a FPGA. These resources allow adding new targets to the device list by a simple software update.

4.Most timing-critical parts of the programming algorithms are implemented in the FPGA devices.

5.Implementation in the FPGA devices logical drivers enables outputting logical signals of any level (low, high, Pullup, Pulldown and external clock generator) to any pin of the programming ZIF socket.

6.The programmers's hardware features 10-bit digital-to-analog converters for accurate settings of the analog signals.

7.The programmers's hardware enables accurate programming of the rising and falling edges of the generated analog signals.

8.The programmers's hardware automatically adjusts the generated analog signals in accordance to the target device programming specifications.

9.The generated analog signals for both the target supplying and programming can be outputted to any pins of the device being programmed.

10.The programmers's can connect any pin of the device being programmed to the “Ground” level.

11.The programmers's hardware checks if every pin of the target device is reliably fixed by a ZIF socket’s contacts (“bad contact” checking).

12.The programmers's hardware protects itself and the target device against incorrect insertions and other issues that cause a sharp increase in the currents though the target device circuits. This “over current” protection is very fast and reliable.

13.The target device's pins are protected against the electrostatic discharge.

14.The programmers's hardware has a programmable clock generator.

15.The self-testing procedure automatically executes at any time the programmer is powered on.