Texas Instruments Comprehensive Guide to TMS370 Programmer and Its Features

Gang Programmer Overview and Description

1.2Gang Programmer Overview and Description

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 operationÐPC 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-

1-4 Introduction and Installation