AD8555 Programming

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Can anyone recommend a reliable production level, but fairly low volume, programmer for the AD8555 Sensor Signal Amplifier. The evaluation board is fine for a lab, but not manufacturing. I'd also like to be able to attach a cable and header to it in case we make PCBs with unprogrammed devices. 
 Thanks in advance for any help. 
 Doug Mahon.

FormerMember · Accepted Answer

Doug, 
 I asked a few people here and the design engineer said: 
 "The big production guys (e.g. xxx and xxx) use ATE machines to do the programming. Since different customers have different hardware and software setups for manufacturing, we focusing on giving them the ability to program and evaluate prototypes. Once they understand how to program the part, they can implement this at a production scale in any form they prefer." 
 and the marketing guy said: 
 "The big customers have developed their own systems. We also have some relatively small but steady customers and to my knowledge they have also developed their own systems. We have never offered this type of hardware for AD855x ourselves, other than the eval boards. I believe the same applies for SW/algorithms." 
 so it looks like most people incorporate it at the end of the manufacturing line into the final board cal and test. 
 Harry)

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