Misc Electronics

[Ron Boley]

Hi Folks,

The easiest way to get at the signals of an Eprom is to find one of those
DIP-CLIPS.  It looks like one of the old close-pins, hinged in the middle with a
spring to keep it closed.  They are (were?) popular because you could clip your
Scope probe to them and watch what was going on.

If you can find them, solder  your cable to the end points (Quickly) and you
have a quick connector.

The only other thing you will need to do is clean the water proof coating off
the Eprom pins.

One other thing you should look out for.  Don't run to long of a cable since the
inductance and capacitance of the cable may affect the operation of the Eprom.

Ron

Bruce Plecan wrote:

> How, or is there a safe way to "open" the guts of an EPROM,  that is so that
> a ribbon cable can be soldiered to it, for using a remote prom/emulator.
>
> After a 3 month wait, I got a Radio Shack, PC/laptop 2 Oscilloscope probe
> (They had run out at the master distribution center).
> For the EEs probably it has little to offer but, least for me, I got to see
> what the ALDL looks like..
>    One big feature is that you can pick what colors contrast best for you.
> So us ol timers can see what going on.
>    On a side note, is there enough interest for me to put together some
> notes on an ecm bench?.  I got some digitial photos, to go along with it,
> just don't want to clutter the DIY stuff if not many are interested.
> Bruce