Hi all,
Working with TP-Link's atm and finding I'm in need of yet another bit of gear.. a flash programmer.
Immediate application is for working with SPI's found on common soho SoC router platforms we all love
However I've had plenty of times where I could have used a 'universal' flasher for other breeds of SPI flash, traditional EEPROMs and also want to get into AVR/PIC'-type micro's.
If there's a cheap, well-supported programmer which only supports the SPI's found in routers, esp with WRT-oriented software support, I'll just go for that.
But if there's a more 'universal' programmer that can handle uC's, eEPROM's as well, and if the software side of things is the same, I'd be keen to make an investment there.
Key points are
-low cost, good availability
-USB
-wide compatibility and frequent updates if req'd,
-good software support,
-community familiarity/support,
-and if I understand things right, in-place read/write and/or tracing/capture as nice-to-have instead of BusPirate etc.
I've done some crawling but there's no real leads on what would suit, as with JTAG where things are clearer.
Thanks all
Ben