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14 years ago

copy flash possible?

I need to duplicate the image that we have flashed onto another device. We do not have a copy of this on a computer any more. We have a "Bit Blaster" as well as a parallel port software key. We ...
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14 years ago

Thanks for the answer Dave. OK, we don't have a method to write it any more. We used to but lost that capability when the person responsible for it left. We failed to identify that as a problem until now, almost 5 years later... oops!

I believe we have an EPC16UC88 chip that is the flash. The device in question I believe is FLEX 10K device. Am I correct in believing the FLEX 10K is irrelevant we only need to communicate with the EPC chip?

Will the free edition software work with the EPC16UC88 and the "bit-blaster" parallel port hardware we currently have? If you don't know the answer to that do you know how I could answer that question for myself?

If you know that won't work, do you know what I need to purchase?

Thanks again,

Ben.