Patent ID: 6480906
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G11C,H03H

Abstract:
A programming station for inclusion into a network with a control computer for automated transfer of a data pattern into a programmable electronic device selected from the group consisting of a programmable logic device, a programmable array logic device, a programmable read-only memory, a field programmable gate array, and a programmable microcontroller, comprising:a receptacle capable of receiving the one or more of the programmable logic device, a programmable array logic device, a programmable read-only memory, a field programmable gate array, and a programmable microcontroller device to be programmed; a site computer connectable into the network with the control computer to transfer the data pattern into the programmable electronic device; a status detector detecting the status of transfer of the data pattern into the device; and a status indicator indicating the detected status of the transfer of the data pattern into the device.