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Steven Stallion edited this page Jun 20, 2019 · 2 revisions

28Cxxx EEPROM Programmer

This repository contains the firmware and hardware design for a PIC18F-based USB programmer for the 28Cxxx series of parallel EEPROMs. The firmware and hardware design are licensed under the Simplified BSD License with some additional restrictions; see LICENSE and LICENSE-MLA for more detail.

This project meets the requirements of the OSHW Definition. CadSoft EAGLE design files and an example bill of materials can be found in the eagle subdirectory. For those without access to EAGLE, a PDF of the schematic and board layout is provided.

PCBs may be ordered from OSH Park.

Fully assembled and tested units may be purchased from Tindie.

Firmware

The firmware requires the Microchip MPLAB XC8 compiler and the MPLAB X IPE (Integrated Programming Environment) be installed and added to the user's PATH.

To build the firmware, issue:

$ make all

To program the firmware using an attached MPLAB PICkit 3, issue:

$ make run

Other programmers may be used; see Makefile for more detail.

Usage

A cross-platform command line tool was developed to drive the programmer, written in Go. Installing the eeprom tool requires Go 1.2 and libusb 1.0; see Getting Started for more detail.

To install the eeprom tool, issue:

$ go get github.com/sstallion/go-eeprom/cmd/eeprom

Once installed, issue eeprom help for more detail about its usage.

Compatibility

All 5V single supply chips are supported for read and write operations. Extended functionality, such as page writes and chip erase are supported for Atmel AT28C and compatible families.

High-voltage programming is not supported.

Support

Issues should be reported on GitHub. A wiki is also maintained, which contains additional documentation.

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