Texas Instruments TMS370 Benutzerhandbuch

Gang Programmer Overview and Description

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Introduction and Installation

The TMS370 Gang Programmer is an interactive, menu-driven system that
provides programming support for on-chip EEPROM or EPROM of TMS370
microcontrollers in production environments.

The gang programmer has the following features:

Two modes of operation—PC mode and standalone mode.

Ability to program up to 16 devices.

LEDs that indicate programming or verification failure.

A buzzer that indicates programming completion.

The gang programmer consists of the standard programmer base, a gang pro-
grammer top, and the standard programmer software. If you already have a
standard TMS370 Microcontroller programmer, the gang programmer top can
be purchased separately. (There is a different programmer top for each pack-
age of TMS370 microcontrollers.)

Figure 1–2. Gang Programmer Board

The push-button switch in the upper right-hand corner is marked 

start and is

used to start and stop programming or verification while operating in the stand-