Powerful programmer for the Atmel 89 series of

microcontrollers that includes 89C51/52/55,

89S51/52/55 and many more , software and serial
port to program. With this article you can make
your own programmer.

General description
'Atmel 89 Series Device programmer' support
major chips of 89 series from Atmel that are
flash programmable microcontrollers that
supports parallel programming of devices.
Flash microcontroller can be erased and rewritten as many times as possible. Flexibility to
reprogram number of times and its low cost
make it ideal for use in a wide areas of
applications.
This product is a combination of intelligent
hardware and software. Hardware is made as
intelligent microcontroller that understands a
protocol received from computer through serial
port. On computer side software called MCU
Program Loader is started that identifies the

hardware and the chip inserted. Program for the

target microcontroller can be now either read back
or sent as Intel format HEX file. Support locking of
devices to prevent reading back of programmed
chip. After locking the chip can still be erased and
used again for loading new programs.

Features
* Support major Atmel 89 series devices
* Auto Identify connected hardware and devices
* Error checking and verification in-built
* Lock of programs in chip supported to prevent
program copying
* 20 and 40 pin ZIF socket on-board
* Auto Erase before writing and Auto Verify after
writing
* Informative status bar and access to latest
programmed file
* Simple and Easy to use

Specifications
Dimensions: 70mm x 160mm
Supply: 220VAC.
Interface: DB9M-DB9FM, 9-pin D connector
Data Speed: 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop, no
flow control
File format: Intel 8-bit HEX
Program Sockets: 40 pin DIP - 0.6" & 20 pin DIP
0.3" ZIF socket
Software: Works on Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000,
NT, XP

Introduction
Simple to use & low cost,yet powerful flash
microcontroller programmer for the Atmel 89
series. It will Program, Read and Verify Code
Data, Write Lock Bits, Erase and Blank Check. All
fuse and lock bits are programmable. This
programmer has intelligent onboard firmware and
connects to the serial port. It can be used with any
type of computer and requires no special hardware.
All that is needed is a serial communication port
which all computers have.
All devices have signature bytes that the
programmer reads to automatically identify the
chip. No need to select the device type, just plug it
in and go! All devices also have a number of lock
bits to provide various levels of software and
programming protection. These lock bits are fully
programmable using this programmer .Lock bits
are useful to protect the progam to be read back
from microcontroller only allowing erase to
reprogram the microcontroller.
The programmer connects to a host computer using
a standard RS232 serial port. All the programming
'intelligence' is built into the programmer so you do
not need any special hardware to run it.
Programmer comes with window based software
for easy programming of the devices.

Supported Devices
The table below shows the key differences between
the various microcontrollers. Data sheets for each
device can be found on the Atmel web site. All
these devices are supported by the programmer.
Flash
RAM I/O
(Kbytes) EEPROM (Bytes) Pins
AT89C51
4
128
32
AT89LV51
4
128
32
AT89C52
8
256
32
AT89LV52
8
256
32
AT8C55
20
256
32
AT89LV55
20
256
32
AT89S51
4
128
32
AT89LS51
4
128
32
AT89S52
8
256
32
AT89LS52
8
256
32
AT89S53
12
256
32
AT89LS53
12
256
32
AT89S8252
8
2 Kb
256
32
AT89LS8252
8
2 Kb
256
32
AT89C1051
1
128
15
AT89C2051
2
128
15
AT89C4051

128

15

These microcontrollers from Atmel use flash

memory to store programs. Flash memory can
be electronically erased and programmed, no
need for a UV eraser.

Programming Software
Computer side software called 'ProLoad V2.1'
is executed that accepts the Intel HEX format
file generated from compiler to be sent to
target microcontroller. It auto detects the
hardware connected to the serial port. It also
auto detects the chip inserted and bytes used.
Software is developed in Delphi 7 and requires
no overhead of any external DLL.

HEX writing/downloading speed

Flash (Kbytes)
2 Kb
4 Kb
8 Kb
20 Kb

Speed
15 sec
31 sec
62 sec
156 sec

Connects to your computer's serial port

(Comm 1, 2, 3 or 4) with a standard DB9 Male
to DB9 Female cable. (Cable Included). Baud
Rate - 9600,COMx Automatically selected by
window software. No PC Card Required. Uses
Intel Hex Data Format (Default output of most
assemblers and compilers.)

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