Inklings: a tumblelog

An open source program for controlling the MiniPRO TL866xx series of chip programmers.

This program exists because the manufacturer of the MiniPRO TL866xx series of chip programmers does not provide a program for use on Linux or other flavors of Unix. We who keep this project going prefer a simple, free, and open-source program that presents a command-line interface that allows for a GUI front-end if desired.

This is an alternative to “Using the XGecu TL866II Plus Under Linux with Wine” (via).

Also see radiomanV/TL866.

This is a GAL IC programmer software that allows to program GAL IC chips from various manufacturers. […] Afterburner was written for Linux (also works on Win32/64, Mac OSX64), and requires a serial connection to an Arduino UNO, which does the programming of the GAL chip.

Supported GAL chips:

• Atmel ATF16V8B, ATF22V10B, ATF22V10CQZ
• Lattice GAL16V8A, GAL16V8B, GAL16V8D
• Lattice GAL22V10B
• National GAL16V8

I have two (yes, two) A3010s sitting in my parent’s place. This looks interesting…

While my first attempt in decades of soldering didn’t go too badly, it was way more frustrating than it should’ve been.

I need to do some reading. And maybe steadier hands.