BPM Microsystems to showcase its 8th Generation programming technology during Productronica 2011

The company will showcase the model 3800, one of the newest additions to its line of automated device programmers. The 3800 combines the unrivaled speed of Vector Engine Co-Processor® now with BitBlast technology, true universal device support, and on-the-fly vision centering all in a single platform.

The 3800 supports microcontrollers, NAND flash, NOR flash, Serial flash, managed NAND flash, E/EPROM, flash EPROM, and other technologies with densities up to an 8 Eb theoretical limit. It also supports devices with voltage down to 0.7 (Vdd).

Integrated into the 3800 is the LaserAlign sensor from CyberOptics, which assures repeatable pick-and-place accuracy and high performance during the programming process. The programmer also offers flexible options for input and output media with choices of tray, tape or tube.

Ideal for mid to high-volume production, the 3800 can utilize eight to 16 socket cards and is compatible with Flashstream socket cards. More economical and efficient than competitors’ “gang” cards that are soldered to a common printed circuit board, BPM Microsystems’ socket cards can be optimized and replaced individually without dramatically affecting programming capacity.

BPM Microsystems will also offer demonstrations of its award-winning 2800 manual universal device programmer. The ultra-fast programming speed of the 2800 is attributed to BPM Microsystems’ Vector Engine Co-Processor, the same proven technology that established Flashstream® as the fastest flash-dedicated programmer. This technology uses a co-processor design to hardware-accelerate waveforms during the programming cycle. Faster speeds are achieved through synchronous operations that eliminate the dead times so that the device under test no longer waits for the programmer. The result is programming near the theoretical limits of the silicon design -- the faster the device, the faster the programming.

The 2800 supports all device technologies including microcontrollers, NAND flash, NOR flash, Serial flash, managed NAND flash, E/EPROM, flash EPROM, and other technologies with densities up to an 8 Eb theoretical limit.