Flasher 5 - Flash programmer for M16C, M32C, R8C, R32C, M38000 and ST9 series of flash microcontrollers

Features

• Small, compact housing
• Easy to use windows program
• Serial (in target) programming supported
• Programming / Verifying / Read back supported
• 2MByte internal Flash memory to store target program
• High speed programming: app. 17 sec for 256 kb in serial mode with 10 MHz M16C target for programming and verification
• Can be used in a production environment
• PC program allows batch mode processing for usage in automated test systems.
• Once set up, Flasher can be controlled without the use of PC program
• ASCII command interface to control Flasher without the use of PC program (Requires firmware version 1.84 or above)

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New features

March 2011:
Flasher 5R3:
RENESAS R8C/36C series supported.
RENESAS R8C/3x series memory map corrected.

Flasher ST7:
RENESAS ST7FLit10B series supported.
RENESAS ST7FLit15B series supported.
RENESAS ST7FLit19B series supported.

November 2010:
Flasher 5R3:
RENESAS R8C/L35C series supported.
RENESAS R8C/L36C series supported.
RENESAS R8C/L38C series supported.
RENESAS R8C/L3AC series supported.
RENESAS R8C can now be used with ID ALeRASE.
RENESAS M16C/65 can now be used with ID ALeRASE.

April 2010:
Flasher 5R3:
RENESAS M306NKFHGP supported.
RENESAS M306NKFJTGP supported.
RENESAS M306NLFJGP supported.
RENESAS M306NLFHGP supported.
RENESAS R8C handling corrected.

January 2010:
Support for RENESAS R8C/32A added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/32C added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/3JA added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/33A added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/33C added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/33T added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/35A added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/35C added.

November 2009:
Support for RENESAS R8C/34E added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/34F added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/34G added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/34H added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/36E added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/36F added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/36G added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/36F added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/38E added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/38F added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/38G added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/38F added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/6C added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/64A added.

January 2009:
Support for RENESAS R8C/1A added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/1B added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/24 added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/25 added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/2A added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/2B added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/2C added.
Support for RENESAS R8C/2D added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/56 added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/5L added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/63 added.
Support for RENESAS M16C/65 added.
Support for RENESAS M38049FFHSP and M38049FFHFP added.

April 2008:
Support for RENESAS M16C/28B, M3062LFGPFP, M3062LFGPGP added.

March 2008:
Support for RENESAS R8C/28, R8C29, M16C/64, M16C/65, M16C/6s added.

December 2007:
Support for RENESAS R32C and R8C added.

October 2006:
Flasher 5 rev. 3 comes with 2MByte Flash to store target data.
This allows programming of all RENESAS CPUs with more than 512KB Flash when Software 1.96a or above is used.
All Flasher 5 with series number above 51584 can be upgraded by just using the new Flasher software.

May 2005:
Up to 20 COM ports supported by FLASHER PC program.
Additional options and commandline parameter added.
Multiple individual setups can be controlled with command line to support multiple Flasher on one PC.

January 2004:
ASCII command interface implemented to control Flasher from any application without the need of Flasher PC program.
A manual which describes ASCII command interface and new Flasher software can be downloaded from our downloadpage.