Xeltek - SuperPro Universal Programmer - Anyone have / use one?

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Xeltek - SuperPro Universal Programmer - Anyone have / use one?

Seen the other thread regarding burners and it got me thinking about mine.

I'm a friggin dummy with programming and I picked this up about 2 years ago. I tried using it once and gave up. I could read the chip but I could not figure out how to duplicate. I thought it would be as simple as insert / copy / write to new chip but my dumb a$$ could not figure out how to work this.

I have this one:
http://www.xeltek.com/distributorsupport/pages/sp580u.htm

The 580U has been replaced with the 500P. I think this has way too many bells and whistles for what I want / need to use it for and I honestly think I may be better off just paying someone who has a burner to burn them for me when I need them.

But I do not like to give up so if anyone is familiar with this model and can shoot me a couple of tricks I'd appreciate it. Basically I want to copy known good chips, keep on file and burn them to new chips when I need them.

I'm one of those tool nutcases where I gotta buy the good stuff and obviously I screwed up with buying this before I even tried to program stuff.
 
Seen the other thread regarding burners and it got me thinking about mine.

I'm a friggin dummy with programming and I picked this up about 2 years ago. I tried using it once and gave up. I could read the chip but I could not figure out how to duplicate. I thought it would be as simple as insert / copy / write to new chip but my dumb a$$ could not figure out how to work this.

I have this one:
http://www.xeltek.com/distributorsupport/pages/sp580u.htm

The 580U has been replaced with the 500P. I think this has way too many bells and whistles for what I want / need to use it for and I honestly think I may be better off just paying someone who has a burner to burn them for me when I need them.

But I do not like to give up so if anyone is familiar with this model and can shoot me a couple of tricks I'd appreciate it. Basically I want to copy known good chips, keep on file and burn them to new chips when I need them.

I'm one of those tool nutcases where I gotta buy the good stuff and obviously I screwed up with buying this before I even tried to program stuff.

that's old model. about the same time i bought sp3000, which is i regret. Hi-Lo is way better. the xeltek just keep releasing different type with different ic support. it's kind of rip off. meanwhile Hi-Lo not releasing many types but keep updating the chip database.
 
Don't Give up yet.....

You just didn't know what to get, now go and get a decent programmer and don't be afraid to try it out. You can read the chips into a buffer and then you can program another chip or you can save the data to a hdd or something similar.

Not long ago I was right where you are at. I had used a programmer in the past but it was a brain dead job, put the chip in here, push this button, when that is complete remove this chip and put here, insert next chip and so on.

I have an older Needhams's PB10 programmer that I paid about $35 on e-pay and like it real well but it doesn't do proms. Many are getting the GQ4x programmer but I tend to go with the old school stuff. I also like the data i/o programmers but finding all of the additional stuff for programming other chips is getting hard to find.
 
I have an earlier version - the Xeltek SuperPro 2000.
Biggest piece of cr_p I ever purchased. Awkward to use and doesn't even program certain PLD's properly.

Also have an Advin Pilot U128+. This thing is *awesome*. Easy to use, programs anything and always works right. Only problem - parallel port only. I'd gladly use an old parallel port only programmer over anything from Xeltek. I used the U128+ to replace an old but reliable as heck Data-IO 29B. Both were reliable but the Advin using parallel port is oodles faster than the Data-IO over serial interface.

I'll be putting the Xeltek up for sale as soon as I find time (and figure out what it's still worth). Still OK for some EPROM's .. just don't rely on it to program PLD's.

Ed
 
I have an earlier version - the Xeltek SuperPro 2000.
Biggest piece of cr_p I ever purchased. Awkward to use and doesn't even program certain PLD's properly.

Also have an Advin Pilot U128+. This thing is *awesome*. Easy to use, programs anything and always works right. Only problem - parallel port only. I'd gladly use an old parallel port only programmer over anything from Xeltek. I used the U128+ to replace an old but reliable as heck Data-IO 29B. Both were reliable but the Advin using parallel port is oodles faster than the Data-IO over serial interface.

I'll be putting the Xeltek up for sale as soon as I find time (and figure out what it's still worth). Still OK for some EPROM's .. just don't rely on it to program PLD's.

Ed

I firmly believe I made a $500.00 mistake with this. I think I'll have to put it on feebay and get whatever I can and then buy one of the cheaper ones and retry my efforts.

Oh well, live and learn.

Thanks for the reply's guys.
 
Hi everyone, sorry for the necro-bump...

I recently got my hands on a Xeltek Superpro 580U, without any cables, manual...just the bare unit. Do you know if it can work only with the voltage supplied through the USB port? I can see it has a jack for an external PSU...what are the specs for that PSU? In case of it being a DC PSU, what is the polarity of the connector?

Thanks in advance,

Luis.
 

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Thanks for your reply, Paris.
It is of great help.
Although I agree with you on the polarity, if we could have a confirmation from a 580U owner, that would be great.

Kind regards,

Luis.
 
Hi parism

Thanks for finding and sharing the information, this is what I need to test my 580U :)

Kind regards,

Luis.
 
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