On 12/22/2015 03:08 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I have had, for several years now, an Advin Pilot MVP parallel port device programmer. It has done excellent work, and I had yet to find a device that it couldn't program, until now. I now have a need to program PLCC84-package CPLDs, for boards that I will be building.
What does everyone suggest, as far as a <$500 programmer? I really would like to stick with programmers supported by active US companies, to make sure of future support. As much as people seem to recommend them, I'm not inclined to get any of the Chinese knockoff programmers, for the above reason of support, of the lack thereof.
DataIO UniSite, hands down. Get one with an MSM (hard drive) and all pin driver boards and it'll program most anything. And it doesn't require any proprietary backwater operating systems to drive it. If you send me the part number of the CPLD you're working with, I can check the supported device list for the firmware release that I have. (and you're always welcome to use mine, of course) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA