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This chapter contains a general description of the iUP-200A/201A universal
programmer, an overview of firmware development, and a description of system
configurations.
Overview of the Universal Programer
The Intel universal programmer programs and verifies Intel programmable read
only memory (PROM) components and other Intel integrated circuits that contain
PROMs. It can be used to program non-erasable bi-polar PROMs, erasable
PROMs (EPROMs), and electrically erasable PROMs (E2 PROMs). It can also
read ROM (read only memory) in certain ROM-based components.
The two models of the universal programmer are: the iUP-200A universal
programmer, which operates on-line as a peripheral of an Intel Intellec® micropro
cessor development system, and the iUP-201A universal programmer, which can
be operated either on-line or off-line.
The universal programmer programs the various PROM devices using personality
modules. Personality modules are small units that plug into the front of the univer
sal programmer. They personalize the universal programmer for a specific PROM
or family of PROM devices. Figure 1-1 shows the iUP-200A universal programmer
with a personality module.
In on-line mode, the Intel PROM programming software (iPPS) controls the uni
versal programmer. The iPPS software is a utility that runs under the ISIS operat
ing system. It controls the operation of the universal programmer through a serial
I/O port on the development system. The iPPS software provides a comprehensive
set of commands that allow the following operations:
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Reading and writing data to and from disk files.
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Manipulating data in the Intellec memory buffer.
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Mapping data for a particular PROM word size.
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Interleaving data for different addressing schemes.
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Programming a PROM device.
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Reading the contents of the PROM device.
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Verifying the contents of the PROM device.
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Locking selected PROMs from user access.
The iPPS PROM Programming Software User's Guide describes on-line operation
and the Intel PROM programming software.
You can use the iUP-201A universal programmer as a stand-alone programming
system in off-line mode. You can perform four types of off-line operations as
follows:
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Duplicating and verifying PROMs.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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