User`s manual
Technical specification 
HARDWARE 
Base unit, DACs 
• USB 2.0 port 
• FPGA based IEEE 1284 slave printer port, up to 1MB/s 
transfer rate 
• on-board intelligence: powerful microprocessor and FPGA 
based state machine 
• three D/A converters for VCCP, VPP1, and VPP2, 
controllable rise and fall time 
• VCCP range 0..8V/1A 
• VPP1, VPP2 range 0..26V/1A 
• autocalibration 
• selftest capability 
• protection against surge and ESD on power supply input, 
parallel port connection 
Socket, pindriver 
• 48-pin DIL ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket accepts both 
300/600 mil devices up to 48-pin 
• pindrivers: 48 universal 
• VCCP / VPP1 / VPP2 can be connected to each pin 
• perfect ground for each pin 
• FPGA based TTL driver provides H, L, CLK, pull-up, pull-
down on all pindriver pins 
• analog pindriver output level selectable from 1.8 V up to 26V 
• current limitation, overcurrent shutdown, power failure 
shutdown 
• ESD protection on each pin of socket (IEC1000-4-2: 15kV air, 
8kV contact) 
• continuity test: each pin is tested before every programming 
operation 
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