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My favourite, most reliable method is to use a TL866 family rom-burner, they are also dirt cheap.

There's conveniently an open source "minipro" programming tool for TL866 family. (linked by another poster)

That + a clip for SOIC, WSON or whatever applies to the motherboard, if you're not lucky enough to have a socketed DIP EEPROM.

Else, something supported by "flashrom", which has a load of supported programmers, including a range of microcontrollers and even bitbanging with dirt cheap FTDI uart usb dongles.




That or an even cheaper CH341A (which is what I use).


Careful the most common cheapo such board uses 5v for io[0] even though it has a 3.3v regulator onboard. Shit design.

0. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/ch341a-serial-memory-pr...




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