Prom Burner & EEPROM's

[Bob Valentine]

How about putting a ZIF socket on the memcal?  Worked here....

You can use a larger chip (Flash or otherwise), but some external glue
parts are required to select which area of the chip you're dealing with.  

This is covered in the archives...

-> Bob

At 09:03 AM 9/6/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>emulator..maybe
>what I don't want to do is keep pulling and programming and putting back in
>the chip. I'm not really worried about stopping the car to make changes, but
>would like to leave the chip(and circuitry) in the ECM when done. (If I
>understand the flash chips correctly, it is possible to get a larger flash
>chip and program one sector(?) while the ECM is using another, then it would
>really only be a timing issue as to when to switch sectors.) I have not
>completely digested the PDF's on programming flash chips, and maybe I am
>mistaken, but it looks like the programming is done on a different set of
>pins than the outputs.
>(40$DIY vs several 100$BUY)
>(still thimking-trying to laern)
>
>Mike
>Swayze
>mswayze at truswood.com
>kswayze at bellsouth.net
><8-{b>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <JTesta1966 at aol.com>
>To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 7:09 AM
>Subject: Re: Prom Burner & EEPROM's
>
>
>> In a message dated 9/6/00 6:48:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> kswayze at bellsouth.net writes:
>>
>> << what i was thinking was to (hopefully) put the chip in with the extra
>space
>>  (and circuitry) to flash the chip without removing it.(it would be
>>  understood that the car would be off.((maybe i don't understand enough
>about
>>  how these chips work))) >>
>>
>> I think you want an emulator.
>>
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>> jtesta1966 at aol.com                               buick.fiendish.net:6667
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