Lloyd Research
Lloyd Research has been making gang programmers for nearly 25 years. Their client list includes most of the large Japanese electronics manufacturing companies and many well-known American blue chips. Lloyd Research specialises in gang programmers for flash memory, micro controllers and eproms.The ONBP100 programs eproms, eeproms, flash memories or microcontrollers on assembled boards. It can also be used to program special purpose memory modules such as OBRMs. Typical applications are Avionics systems where eproms have to be soldered to the board. The programmer can cater for 8, 16 or 32 bit systems with or without parity. Purpose designed plug-in adaptors cater for each board type. The programmer is fitted with six power supplies to cater for almost all circumstances.
Lloyd Research provides a number of solutions for ’In circuit’ programming depending on the parts being programmed for examples Microchip PICs, Atmel AVRs, F5000 Fast In circuit programme and many more. Please check their website for more information. Once set up using a PC, the F5000 and H8000 do not need a PC as they can be controlled using their optically isolated logic interfaces. The more versatile F5000 can store multiple data sets for identical or different targets. The choice of target can be made using the logic interface or a software command each time a device is programmed at almost no time penalty.
The fxRAPIDO is a much faster programmer which makes it ideal for programming flash memory as well as small micros and eproms. It is fitted with a USB port which is about ten times faster than a 115K baud link to a PC. Also, increasingly PCs are not fitted with RS232 ports. Although the fxRAPIDO can be used stand alone, the PC utility supplied makes it easy for unskilled operators to repeat a job.
The programmers can be fitted with over 100 different gang plug-in socket modules (2 different ones shown) to cater for different families / packages etc.
The PC2400 programmer is ideal for reprogramming non volatile memories (NVMs) in TV sets. Parts can either be programmed in situ or as components. Both DIL and SO parts are supported by the in circuit programming lead supplied. The programmer is hosted by a PC over a USB link making it ideal for use with modern portable PCs which may not have an RS232 port.