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In-system, USB-powered universal programmer

3 October 2007 Programmable Logic

Needhams Electronics' pt-one is an in-system universal programmer for serial Flash, EEPROM and JTAG devices which is said to allow a designer to switch design platforms with ease. A 16-pin cable allows easy and fast connection to an existing target system, with programming power derived through the USB connection, therefore no external power supply is required. User I/O voltages are internally programmable, or may be supplied by the target system. The pt-one also has a user programmable high voltage pin.

The Windows-based software interface includes access to the special features of the supported devices. The pt-one supports device types such as 24, 24C, 24A, 25, 25F, 93, 93C, 93LC, 17, 17C, 17LV, PIC12, PIC16, PIC18, CPLD, PLD, ATMEGA, MSP430, 87C51, 89C51, JTAG and more.

The pt-one is extremely portable, with no power supply required, and at only 47,5 x 137,5 x 20 mm, it fits into a briefcase or toolbox with ease. The programmer and cables together weigh less than 500 grams.

The pt-one is also an advanced test controller that can be used in the testing of devices, boards, or systems. Discrete I/O pins can be individually configured as standard inputs and/or outputs. These I/O pins can be used separately or in conjunction with the IEEE Standard 1149.1 compliant JTAG port. Creating a test environment can be done with separately purchased custom software. The pt-one can also add in-system programming support to any existing test environment by using a DLL interface to access algorithms.



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