Note: 1. These functions are designed according to specific types, and only SP8-F has all these functions. For details, please refer to the attached correlation table for types. 2. ISP mode does not support offline program. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
User's Guide SP8 Seriel programmer Correlation Table of SP8 Performance SP8 Series includes three types, and their comparisons of functions are as follows: SP8-B (mass Types SP8-A (popular edition) SP8-F (offline edition) production edition) ISP supportive √ √ √ Offline mass production ×...
Chip Information. USB interface Used to connect the computer's USB port for communication, and supply power to the programmer Used to connect special power adapters in offline mode (only for SP8-F) 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Get the software The installation program is included in the product CD, under the directory SETUP. And it can also be downloaded from SOFI's web (We recommend this, so you can get the newest version). Link for the newest software: http://www.sofi-tech.com/upload/Software/FlyPRO_Setup.rar Start to install ...
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User's Guide SP8 Seriel programmer Choose the directory to install Choose the folder for Start Menu 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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User's Guide SP8 Seriel programmer Set whether to create shortcut on desktop Prepared to install Installing 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
The first time to connect the programmer to a computer, the computer automatically prompts "Found New Hardware" and requires to install driver. Choose "No, not this time", and click "next" Choose "Install From a list or specify location (advanced)", and click "Next" 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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The folder selected must be USB_DRIVER , not its sub-folder (such as x86 or amd64). Finally, click "OK", and go back to the previous picture. If this button is gray, there must be something wrong with folder you selected. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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User's Guide SP8 Seriel programmer Starts to install USB driver In installing, Windows prompts that the software hasn't passed Windows Micro scale test, so choose "Still go on" USB driver installed 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Erase/Program (Write)/ Click [Automatic The software prompts to Check Operation] put in a chip Waiting for the chip to be Put the chip in socket programmed Waiting for the chip to be programmed Program the next chip 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
SP8 adopts 40pin sockets for wide/narrow dual uses which support inline chips and adapters with 8 to 40 pins. Placement for common chips: Pin 1 To see placement for other chips (including adapter information), please open Chip Information in FlyPRO 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
10 DuPont heads on the other end to connect to corresponding pins on the target board. Correlations between colors of connecting lines and serial numbers of pins are: Color Serial number of pins Color Serial number of pins Brown Blue Purple Orange (or pink) Grey Yellow White Green Black 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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Keep impending the pins not used, and don't connect them to any information from target boards. After programming, all ISP interfaces present high-impedance except VCC and GND. In application, only connect any of the GND pins 4, 6, 8, 10 to target board. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
SP8-F (offline edition) also provides the control signals for automatic program devices. Please call us if you need. Examine offline data The offline data downloaded to the programmer can be examined by FlyPRO. For details, please refer to Examine Offline Data in Chapter 4. Software Performance. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Chapter 4. Software Performance Introduction into software FlyPRO is the driver software for SOFI programmers and provides all kinds of program operations for chips, such as "Erase", "Read", "Program", "Test" and "Encrypt ". With this software, you can program single chip in socket and ISP download for target boards.
Some chips have the suffix [ ], indicating the encapsulation type, or program mode (For instance, chips programmed in ISP mode have the suffix [ISP]). You can see the adapter or ISP program connection picture through the chip information window. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
After data are loaded, the main window presents corresponding message whether the file has been successfully loaded. If the loaded file exceeds the capacity of the buffer, the software also shows corresponding message for warning. In this case, you must check whether the loaded file is wrong. Declaration 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
If the value is not set 0, the data before this address will not be saved to the file. Data size The number of bytes to be saved. Input format is hex. Note: All data to be entered must be hex. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
[ISP program] supply power to target boards In ISP (chips with suffix [ISP]) program, the programmer can supply power to the target boards (target chips), with a voltage of 3.3V or 5V. Current limit is 250mA, above which over-current protection occurs. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
In BCD format, upper data are located at lower address. Every byte contains two BCD data-- 4bit represents a decimal number. For instance, data in the serial area of the buffer 23 45 67 89 indicate that the current serial number is 23456789. After renewed, the data will be 23 45 67 90. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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After FlyPRO has been installed, there will be, under FlyPro\SampleSN\VC7, an example project code based on the DLL of VS2003(VC70). Declaration Automatic serial number is effective only in automatic program mode. Some programmers don't support the function of automatic serial number. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Data display area in the buffer – area for ASCII Display. Position Set the cursor's address, and enter in the dialog that bumps out the address to arrive at, and click "Enter", as showed below: Attention: Address to be entered is hex. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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In this function, up and low data will be exchanged. That is, data at odd addresses will be exchanged with data at corresponding even addresses. For instance, data at 0x0000 will be exchanged with data at 0x0001, and data at 0x0002 with data at 0x0003, and so on. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Click [Chip] -> [Chip Configuration], or "configuration options" in the toolbar to open the device configuration dialog. Declaration Some chips don't have configuration options. Different types of chips have different configuration functions. For details, please refer to corresponding chip manual. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
SP8 Seriel programmer Chip information Click "Information" in the toolbar, or menu [Chips] -> [Chip information] to see information of the current chip's adapter, placement, and ISP connection This dialog can be resized through the mouse 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
The user can choose to terminate this operation according to his needs, or try again, or skip pin detection and directly go on to program. Declaration Pin detection can be closed. Refer to operation options for details. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
"Chip configuration"). 5. Set operation content and accessory options for the chip 6. Click "Download Data" button to download offline data. When it succeeds, the programmer works on its own, without the help from the computer. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Examine offline data When the programmer is connected with FlyPRO, click [Chips] -> [Offline Data Manage] -> [Examine Offline Data] to see the offline data, as showed below: No function of upload offline data for the moment 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
Reasons that the chip to be programmed cannot work normally are: Failed in loading data file before programming Built-in problem with the chip Mistakes in the program steps Problem with the working circuit or voltage 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
In loading a file, if data amount exceeds the chip's capacity, it presents such a prompt. For HEX files, there is no direct relation between file size and data amount. Therefore, it might be that file size is only 1K, but data size exceeds this extent. 深圳硕飞科技有限公司 SHENZHEN SOFI TECHNOLOGY...
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