Dieter wrote:
Rather than a complete standalone prom burner, I'm thinking of
something similar to the readers they have for memory cards used with
digital cameras. Plug a prom chip into the device, plug the device
into a computer, and read/write/erase the prom as desired. I suspect
that USB would be the most popular, but it could plug into Ethernet,
Firewire, SCSI, etc. instead if that made more sense.
Does something like this already exist?
Inexpensive proprietary burners like this exist. I got mine from
BG Micro ( http://bgmicro.com ) although I can't find it there today
(they're a hobbyist surplus store though, so stuff comes and goes).
I'm sure there are other sources.
However, I'm not aware of any open hardware versions, and that
would be pretty cool. In general, I recommend this as a principle
for OHF -- encouraging the creation of critical tools is an important
step, just as writing editors, compilers, interpreters, IDEs, etc has
been important to the success of free software.
Would also like to see things like signal generators, regulated
power supplies, and so on that are generally used in laboratory
prototyping and hobby environments. Arguably, the OGD1 is
in this category as a general-purpose FPGA prototyping tool (or
so I understand from prior conversations).
Cheers,
Terry
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Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
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