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Needham's Electronics

Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax EngineeringPosts: 14,406
edited 2009-03-19 22:19 in General Discussion
Does anyone know what happened to Needham's Electronics?· One day the site was just down, phones disconnected and e-mail bounced.· Does anyone have any contact information for the owners or whoever may be handling any existing warranties or services for them?

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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering

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  • mmmm Posts: 56
    edited 2009-03-12 00:59
    Chris,

    I just found the mirror site link below.

    http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/courses/Downloads/www.needhams.com/index.html


    mike
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-03-12 20:43
    Thanks...I had found that through a Google search, however it does not have any of the software available.

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Engineering
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,938
    edited 2009-03-13 00:48
    What software did you need? I have a 31MB .MSI install file for the EMP-30 from 2007. (I believe it would work for the -20, -30, and -31)

    Also, check here: http://www.eod.gvsu.edu/egr326/DeviceProgrammer

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    Andrew Williams
    WBA Consulting
    IT / Web / PCB / Audio
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-03-13 01:58
    Here is the whois response for needhams.com:

    Registrant:
EBC Company
   3326 School St
   Fortuna, CA 95540
   US

   Domain Name: NEEDHAMS.COM

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   Administrative Contact:
      Coker, Michealle          michealle@needhams.com
      Needham's Electronics
      4630 Beloit Dr. #20
      Sacramento, CA 95838
      US
      916-924-8037 fax: 916-924-8065

   Technical Contact:
      EBC Company               ebc111@suddenlink.net
      3326 School St
      Fortuna, CA 95540
      US
      707-725-3136 fax: 707-725-6178

   Record expires on 17-Aug-2009.
   Record created on 18-Aug-1995.
   Database last updated on 12-Mar-2009 21:38:45 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS59.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.190.30
   NS60.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.144.30


    -Phil
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,419
    edited 2009-03-13 02:17
    Chris, Chip is in contact with Alan all the time - ask him for contact info.

    Ken
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-03-13 19:18
    Chip e-mailed me back yesterday…I guess the business was sold to someone else by the original owner right before it closed. The original owner is in Texas now and I called HSC yesterday to see if they may have any older packages around (since this was a slow selling item), but they did not. I did notice (perhaps incorrectly?) it seems that when Needham’s went under many of the other units went up in price. I really liked the Needham’s units and had scripts to auto-load my code from a cross-compiler into their software, burn the chip, etc. Chip suggested I build my own. In 1990 that is exactly what I did. But then when I needed a larger capacity chip my unit no longer worked. There are too many programming algorithms and voltages, as well as pin outs to go through all that for a one-off device. However I will maybe see if I can find a used unit reasonably online.

    @Phil…I think that information is out of date. The phone number is disconnected and no business is registered at that address (it’s available to lease).

    @WBA…Well, I was originally looking for Windows software for the EPM-20, but realize they never finished that, so perhaps the latest version of the DOS software for that programmer.

    The search continues…perhaps I just need to buy something currently supported. I just hate to spend $500.00 on something that I will rarely use.

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  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,938
    edited 2009-03-13 21:28
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260375711889&category=159680&_trksid=p4340.m212&_trkparms=algo=SI&its=I%2BC%2BS%2BIA&itu=PSS%2BCRS%2BUCC%2BUCI%2BIT%2BUA%2BSI%2BUS-BWR&otn=4&ps=56

    My test engineer (at work) has 4 EMP-20s but the only software is on PCs. He will dig one out and see if he can pull anything useful off.

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    Andrew Williams
    WBA Consulting
    IT / Web / PCB / Audio
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-03-19 22:19
    I think for what I do I could use the following Universal Programmer...it's fairly cheap and supports most of what I have used. Just have to talk to boss into getting me one. [noparse];)[/noparse]

    http://www.xeltek.com/product.php?productid=16225

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Engineering
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