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In article <1991Jun11.220000.12522@isc.rit.edu> cep4478@ultb.rit.edu (C.E. Piggott) writes:
>
>Hello. I got no responses whatsoever with regard to my query about
>how PLD programmers work...is is that there is a massive void of
>knowledge in this area, or does nobody care?  1/2 :-)
>
>What I'm looking for is how the devices get programmed, for instance
>a 16L8: what pins do what during programming? What is the programming
>voltage?  I would like to build a PLD programmer rather than pay the
>absurd prices I've seen them for in stores.
>
>Chris

Check out the BYTE magazine, late 1986 to early 1987. The relevant issue
should have on the cover something like "Programmable Hardware". In it there
is a feature on PALs, how they work and how to program them. There is also
a circuit diagram of a PAL programmer. Have fun.

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Alex T. Ivopol                       Contracted by Computing Services Centre,
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