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. Although 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* | FOSS firmware: some progress was made, but generally abandoned in favor of T48/T56 | |
| T48 | DIP40 | something | CH32V307 | N/A | N | CPU from McMaster teardown | ||
| T56 | DIP48 | something else | PIC32 | Spartan 6 | 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)