TL866CS MiniPro Eprommer

[TL866CS MiniPro Eprommer]

 

What's the make and model of the EPROM you're trying to program? (i.e. AMD 27C256)

This will give us a better idea of how best to guide you.

As a brief overview, you should first search Google for a datasheet for your EPROM. There are also searchable sites which specialise in providing PDF copies of datasheets. http://www.datasheets360.com/ is one but there are others.

As Gazoo says, if you can find a similar model in the program's database, it should just be a case of selecting this and then checking/adjusting the VPP and VCC values (possibly also the programming pulse) to match those given on the matching datasheet and as previously mentioned, you'll need to un-tick the "check device ID" box before programming as this will automatically fail if your EPROM isn't the exact model selected from the drop-down.

 

 

Right now I'd like to be able to program the ST 27C160 and AMD 27C400.

[TL866CS MiniPro Eprommer]

The Check device ID box is a PITA sometimes. I've been collecting data-sheets for the remaining EPROMs I have and setting the programmer according to the sheet, rather than select from the menu. If I've set from the data-sheet, I'll uncheck the Device ID box before programming and I've yet to program a chip and have it fail verification.

 

It seems to me, the Check ID works well for modern devices but suffers from "false negative" syndrome when using older EPROMS like 27C64/27C128, etc.

Sorry to jump in on this thread, but I have one of these programmers with the 6.10 version of software. I too wish to program some EPROMS that aren't in the dropdown - how do you set the programmer according to the datasheets?