Galep-5D

Programming voltages

The switching regulators for the programming voltages are controlled by D/A
converters in 100 mV steps. Further D/A converters are used to control the logic levels (1.3V ... 5.0V) and the input threshold (0.5V…5.0V). All voltages are permanently monitored by an independent coprocessor.

In System Programming (ISP)

The signals for in-system programming can be taken from a separately available ISP adapter or directly from the ZIF socket. The help system provides information about the wiring of the target system for all supported components.

JTAG Support

Delete, program and verify components with the JTAG interface (joint test action
group, IEEE Std. 1149.1). The following formats are supported: SVF-Script in XSVF (Xilinx) format; JAM byte code player (ALTERA).

Security

Prior to each operation, GALEP-5D checks the power consumption, the correct positioning and the contacts for all the pins of the selected component. This prevents the accidental damage of the components or the device.

Software

GALEP-5D builds on the award winning concept of the GALEP-32 software. The program runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP and Vista. It features a comprehensive set of basic functions such as read, program, compare and delete, along with easy-to-use custom configuration options for any special functions required by the selected component. The editor allows a multitude of
functions for editing component contents which can save and load in binary, intel-hex, motorola-s or jedec file format. Mass production capability is supported via statistics functions and serial number generation. Conitec’s Galep software updates are ongoing, and freely available to clients (free also to the general public). The software is continually updated to implement hundreds of new components as often as every 2 months, adding thousands of new devices to software yearly. Free updates are made available on the Conitec website as new device support is implemented. Each Galep programmer is therefore
designed to not only resist obscolescence, but to double it’s output over time.

GALEP-5D comes with a DIL-48 module and programs all components in DIL sockets of up to 48 Pins between 300 … 600 MIL (i.e. ca. 7,5 up to 16
mm) wide, without additional adapters. All legacy GALEP-4 and GALEP-5 socket adapters can be used with the standard DIL-48 module top end of GALEP-5D!
The primary innovation of the GALEP-5D over the Galep-4 series is the unique new socket module concept. The DIL Module can be replaced in seconds with a module for a different socket. This is now designed as the top removable
panel of the programmer itself. Contacts to the main board are surface contacts only, thereby eliminating any wear and tear from exchange of socket modules. Modules for all socket packages to 240 pins are available. This design
keeps the costs for the overall system low.
For example: a single QFP-120 GALEP-5D pin package module replaces a total of FIVE Fujitsu QFP-120-adapters for GALEP-4, and it additionally can program many other devices using the same socket! When fre-quently programming components with high pin numbers, GALEP-5D is therefore THE cost-effective solution.


Adapters – (Cont.) The significance of a 120 pin or 240 pin all-universal socket design is considerable, both for high-performance sensitivity to match demanding high-end programming tasks, and also for unmatched  rice/performance when including the cost of adapters required. This is by far the
largest measure of true Price / Performance on all programmers. Conitec’s universal pin driver concept, which has been uncompromisingly implemented to ALL PINS on the socket, supports a huge number of components without requiring any other adapter within that pin package type. This ensures
an overall low cost, yet very high quality programming system. To discern the full cost differential between this design and inferior hardware designs, Conitec therefore strongly recommends that clients pay careful attention to the pin driver concept implemented, when comparing various universal programmers from other manufacturers. Examining competitor’s pin package programmer design solutions by these parameters will reveal the true price / performance
difference as all other programmers lacking universal I/O to all pins require many more adapters for full output.
Programmers advertised as having the same functionality as the new Galep’s in overall device support, yet which employ only lower cost specialized pin drivers or universal I/O drivers only partially to the socket – all of these by definition require multiple separate adapters for all different component families. This ‘hidden’ factor implies large overall cost differences in supporting their full device range. Such inferior design solutions require spending as much as 20K USD or EURO to obtain a full range of their pin package adapters, as opposed to spending only 4K or 5K to implement the full 10,000 + device range which the new Galep-5’s handle. This optimal resolution was central in the new Galep-5
design, together with unlimited expansion of device support algorithms via free software upgrades. Galep hardware is designed to double it’s output range over time, via free software upgrades. At the same time, Galep’s high end pin-drivers on all pins on the socket ensure that no other socket adapters
will be required than the original basic package types to handle growing output in future years. The cost advantage, already substantial, will therefore compounds further over time.

• up to 240 universal pin drivers
• 48 pin ZIF socket module
• 200 MIPS ARM-9 RISC SPU
• 64 MB RAM (isn’t it 128 MB?)
• 8 MB Flash RAM
• Up to 4 FPGA s (50K gates / 64Kb RAM each)
• High speed USB 2.0 interface
• Ethernet 10/100 connector
• 3 linear voltage regulators for the internal power supply
• 4 switching regulators for programming voltages
• 2 linear voltage regulators for logic levels and input threshold
• Built-in microcontrollers monitor both power supply and programming voltages
• Microcontroller for monitoring the programming voltages
• 8-channel D/A converter
• 16-channel A/D converter
• Heavy-duty aluminium case

Size: 118x172x22mm (+7mm socket)
Weight: ca.750g (1.65 Lbs.)

Kit contains:
· GALEP-5D device
· Power supply
· USB cable
· Ethernet cable
· CD with software and manual (German / English)

Full warranty: 24 Months
Certification: CE, UL