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SuperPro-6100 UNIVERSAL DEVICE PROGRAMMER

Bipolar PROMs

This universal device programmer supports a wide range of PROMs, which are the oldest version of programmable read-only memory (PROM) and uses technology called "bipolar". Because of its old technology, bipolar PROMs require a variety of high voltages for programming and therefore PROMs are not supportable by lower cost programmers. Bipolar PROMs are programmable only once and cannot be erased.

CMOS PROMs

After bipolar, the next major technology that emerged was CMOS (Complementary metal oxide silicon). CMOS allows the design of UV-erasable cells which gave rise to erasable PROMs or EPROMs. Memories chips that are based on the EPROM cells can be erased and reprogrammed numerous times -- provided that the IC chips have a glass (actually quartz) windows to allow UV lights to go through. Those do not have glass windows cannot be erased and therefore are called one-time-programmable, or OTP, EPROMs.

While all EPROMs are byte-wide (8-bit) or word-wide (16-bit), most PROMs are only 4-bit or 8-bit wide.

Since PROMs are very old memory devices, it is not always possible to find them these days. Therefore it helps to know which ones are compatible, in case the original part number you need is not available.

For the same reason, it is also important to buy a programmer that supports a wide variety of bipolar PROMs.


PROM Programmer SuperPro-6100
PROM Programmer &
Universal Programmer
$1,795

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The following table shows some of the PROM devices supported (out of a long list of PROMs). The PROM devices are organized to help you find compatible PROMs if the ones you need are not available.
# of Pins Data Size Manufacturer PROM Part #
16 32 x 8 AMD AM27S18,
AM27S18A,
AM27LS19,
AM27S19,
AM27PS191
NSC DM54S188,
DM54S188A,
DM54S288A,
DM54S288A
Philips, Signetics N82S123,
N82S123A
16 256 x 4 NSC DM54S287,
DM54S287AA
16 512 x 4 AMD AM27S13,
AM27S13A
18 1K x 4 AMD AM27S184.
AM27S185.
AM27S185A
Philips, Signetics N82S137A,
N82S137B,
N82S137C
20 256 x 8 NSC DM54LS471,
DM54S471
Philips, Signetics N82LS135,
N82S135
20 512 x 8 TI TBP28L42N,
TBP28P42,
TBP28S42,
TBP28SA42
20 4K x 8 AMD AM27PS41
24 512 x 8 Philips, Signetics 82S105,
82S140,
82S141
24 1K x 8 AMD AM27S180,
AM27S180A,
AM27S181,
AM27S181A
24 2K x 8 AMD AM27S190,
AM27S190A,
AM27S191,
AM27S191A,
AM27PS191A,
AM27PS291,
AM27PS291A
Philips, Signetics 82S191,
82S191A,
82S191B,
82S191C
For a complete list of all PROMs supported, please refer to the complete IC chip device list:
  All Devices Supported by this Universal Programmer


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