XGecu

XGecu is a line of programmers from Haikou Xingong Electronics Co.,Ltd. Their devices include:

• TL866 universal programmer (widely cloned, replaced by the TL866 II PLUS)
• TL866 II PLUS universal programmer
• T48 universal programmer
• T56 universal programmer
• Various CAN bus equipment (out of scope for this wiki)

Glossary:

• Haikou Xingong Electronics Co.,Ltd: official company name
• XGecu: line of programmers made by Haikou Xingong including TL866, TL866II, T48, and T56
• minipro: software to control TL866 hardware
  • Notably the proprietary Windows software, but the Linux FOSS CLI software is also called "minipro"
  • Confusingly the original TL866 also says "minipro" on it

Comparison

They have a table on their website: http://www.xgecu.com/

Some additional info below

Product	Socket	Other port	CPU	FPGA	FOSS CLI	FOSS firmware	Schematic	Notes
TL866A TL866CS	DIP40	ICSP	PIC18F87J50	N/A	Y	Y	Y	TL866A and TL866CS are same hardware w/ different software
TL866 II PLUS	DIP40	ICSP	PIC24FJ256	N/A	Y	N*	Y	FOSS firmware: some progress was made, but generally abandoned in favor of T48/T56
T48	DIP40	something	CH32V307	N/A	N	N		CPU from McMaster teardown
T56	DIP48	something else	PIC32	Spartan 6	N	N		Board info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHD7OXDYzrQ

Where:

• FOSS CLI: https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/minipro/
• FOSS firmware: https://github.com/JohnDMcMaster/open-tl866/

External links

• autoelectric.cn (Official site used in TL866 marketing)
• xgecu.com (Official site used in TL866II Plus marketing)