PonyProg
serial device programmer

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$Date: 2002/03/02 05:28:49 $

Introduction

If you are looking for a simple but powerful programmer you are right, it's here. PonyProg is a serial device programmer software with a user friendly GUI framework available for Windows95, 98, 2000 & NT and Intel Linux. Its purpose is reading and writing every serial device. At the moment it supports I²C Bus, Microwire, SPI eeprom, the Atmel AVR and Microchip PIC micro. SI-Prog is the programmer hardware interface for PonyProg. With PonyProg and SI-Prog you can program Wafercard for SAT, eeprom within GSM, TV or CAR-RADIO. Furthermore it can be used as a low cost starter kit for PIC and AVR. Buy SI-Prog NOW!!! Look at SI-Prog page for price and delivery details PonyProg works also with other simple hardware interfaces like AVR ISP (STK200/300), JDM/Ludipipo, EasyI2C and DT-006 AVR (by Dontronics).

Features

Support 24C01, 24C02, 24C04, 24C08, 24C16 I²C Bus EEPROM Support 24C32, 24C64, 24C65, 24C128, 24C256, 24C512 I²C Bus EEPROM Auto detect 24XX EEPROM capacity Support 24C325 and 24C645 I²C Bus EEPROM Support Siemens SDE2516, SDE2526, SDA2546, SDA2586, SDA3546, SDA3586   EEPROM (as 24XX Auto) Support AT17C65, AT17C128, AT17C256, AT17C512, AT17C010 I²C Bus EEPROM Support Siemens SDE2506 EEPROM Detect the bank roll over capability of some old 24XX EEPROM Support AT90S1200, AT90S2313, AT90S2323, AT90S2343, AT90S4414, AT90S4434, AT90S8515, AT90S8535 Flash micro Support AT90S2323, AT90S2343, AT90S2333, AT90S4433, AT90S4434, AT90S8535, AT90S8534 Auto detect AVR microcontroller type Support the AVR microcontroller ATmega103, ATmega161, ATmega163, ATmega 323, ATmega128, ATmega8 Support the AVR microcontroller ATmega16, ATmega64 (untested) Support the AVR ATtiny microcontroller ATtiny12, ATtiny15 Read ATtiny12 and ATtiny15 Oscillator Calibration Byte Write lock bits to protect the AVR micro from reading Write both the Flash and EEPROM memory of the AVR micro at once Support the AT89S8252 and AT89S53 micro Support 93C06, 93C46, 93C56, 93C57, 93C66, 93C76, 93C86 Microwire EEPROM (C and LC series, the CS serie is not supported yet) Support 93C13 (as a 93C06) and 93C14 (as a 93C46) Microwire EEPROM Access microwire eeproms in either 8 and 16 bit organization Improved support PIC 16C84/16F84 micro Support PIC 16F873/874/876/877 and PIC 16F84A micro Support PIC 12C508/509 micro Support PIC 12C671/672 micro (untested) Support 25010, 25020, 25040 SPI EEPROM Support 25080, 25160, 25320, 25640, 25128, 25256 Big SPI EEPROM Support 25642 and 95640 Big SPI EEPROM Support NVM3060 eeprom Support MDA2061/MDA2062 eeprom Support X2444/X2445 eeprom Support S24H30 (untested) Read/Write Intel hex format file as well as raw binary file Read/Write Motorola S-record format file Read/Write CSM format file Features a custom E²P format file to store the EEPROM characteristics, an editable comment and memory content all together with CRC Enhanced buffer edit, text and hexadecimal Work with Windows95, Windows98, WindowsME, Windows2000, WindowsNT and Linux* Reload file button Fill buffer command Security bits editing for AVR, AT89S and PIC Serial number programming Script files for batch programming Improved speed with WinNT and Win2000 with a driver for direct I/O.

*Not all interfaces are supported in every operating system, for more informations look at the documentation. New untested devices may not work. I'm waiting for the samples to test them.

Screen dump

Download page

Download PonyProg for Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000 & Linux

TODO

Setup window to change .INI parameters Add color to highlight differences after a verify Custom hardware interface dialog Add new microwire devices Add SX Parallax micro ... any suggestions are welcome I need your help to translate PonyProg in your language. If your language is not listed below download the english file, translate it and send me back by e-mail. If your language is already listed below I need your help to keep it updated, so open it with your editor and look for string "TRANSLATE" in the file, translate the string and send me back by e-mail. File with Status OK don't need any translation. String Table Language Status English OK Italiano OK Slovenski Deutsch Hrvatski Nederlands Francais Spanish Portuguese Russian Slovak Bulgarian Brazilian Srpski Ukrainian   Chinese Hungarian Romaneste Polish Swedish   Help File English NB At the moment there's a problem with language that use a code page different from 8859-1 "latin". I'm looking for a way to fix it.

Hardware interfaces

PonyProg now works with several hardware interfaces. Choose the one you prefer and try it.   SI Prog (Serial port Interface for PonyProg) The official PonyProg hardware interface. It works with all devices supported by PonyProg. Look here to buy it. SI Prog schematics SI Prog kit AVR ISP (STK200/300) parallel port interface The best way to perform AVR ISP programming. It works even in low voltage systems (3V). To select it choose "AVR ISP I/O" or "AVR ISP API" from the Options - Setup menu and the parallel checkbox. You can connect directly to the target system (ISP) through the 10 pin connector, alternatively you can connect a PonyProg adapter card for AVR, AT89S, SPI eeproms, microwire eeproms and feed external power to the device. "AVR ISP API" on Linux version need the parport, parport_pc and ppdev kernel modules. On WindowsNT/2000 you have to select "AVR ISP I/O". Note that this interface doesn't support I²CBus devices, use the SI-Prog or EasyI2CBus interface instead. The STK200/300 official dongle is provided by Kanda. AVR ISP with STK200/300 pinout (connect it to STK200/300 eva board) Click here to enlarge   AVR ISP with SI-Prog pinout (connect it to SI-Prog adapter boards) Click here to enlarge Ludipipo and JDM interface PonyProg support ludipipo and JDM interface to program PIC16x84. To select it choose "JDM I/O" from the Options - Setup menu and the serial checkbox. If you use Linux or experiment problems select "JDM API". JDM schematics How to connect 24Cxx eeproms to JDM programmer: Easy I²C Bus interface To select it choose "Easy I2CBus" from the Options - Setup menu and the parallel checkbox. "AVR ISP API" on Linux version need the parport, parport_pc and ppdev kernel modules. On WindowsNT/2000 you have to select "AVR ISP I/O" Click here to enlarge