Founded in 1982, PEmicro began with Dr. David A. Perreault’s creation of the first general-purpose programmer, designed to handle the wide variety of EPROM devices using a Z80 microprocessor and a configurable patch panel. This innovation gave engineers the flexibility to program devices from different manufacturers with one tool. From these beginnings, PEmicro has grown into an award-winning international leader in Embedded Systems tools, offering high-performance Cyclone programmers and Multilink debug probes seamlessly integrated with popular IDEs.
Committed to delivering advanced features, speed, and value, PEmicro continues to uphold its founding philosophy of universal flexibility while providing modern, sophisticated tools that make development and production faster, easier, and more reliable
Incorporated in 1982, PEmicro was founded by a single question – with so many configurations of programmable memory being made by so many different manufacturers, was there a way to build a single general purpose tool to both erase and program all of these EPROM devices? As a Boston University professor, Dr. David A. Perreault addressed this question by designing and building the world’s first general purpose programmer. It was based on the Z80 microprocessor and provided the ability to reconfigure pinouts.
Using software control it was able to turn outputs on/off and featured a configurable patch panel for setting up the proper pins to be programmed on each device. The configurable design allowed engineers the flexibility to design their products for a variety of manufacturers and use this one tool to program it. From these humble beginnings PEmicro has grown to become an award-winning international business expert in Embedded Systems tools. Our Cyclone programmers and Multilink debug probes are some of the fastest and most sophisticated production tools on the market which are seamlessly integrated into a variety of popular third-party IDEs.
