January 15, 2009 - SMH Technologies announces today the development of a high-performance, standalone in-system gang programming system (FlashRunner Quattro). FlashRunner Quattro is based on the FlashRunner patented technology and is designed for programming multi-PCB panel assemblies. FlashRunner Quattro offers:

• Four fully parallel in-system programming channels;
• Extremely fast programming (FlashRunner is one of the fastest in-system programming system on the market);
• Channel multiplexing: each of the four main channels can be multiplexed to 2 or 4 ISP channels (for a total of 8 and 16 ISP channels, respectively);
• Easy integration with all ATE systems;
• Galvanic isolation (on the 8 ISP channels configuration);
• Controllable by a host PC or ATE through RS-232, Ethernet or parallel control lines;
• Compact and robust design for production environments.

FlashRunner Quattro will be available in three different models, to best suit different gang programming needs:

• 4 ISP channels system (4 true parallel channels), no ISP channel multiplexing;
• 8 ISP channels system (4 parallel channels, each multiplexable to 2 channels, with galvanic isolation);
• 16 ISP channels system (4 parallel channels, each multiplexable to 4 channels).

In all of the above configurarions, each of the ISP channels is composed of:

• Six digital, bidirectional lines;
• Two analog/digital lines (analog out, digital in/out);
• Two power lines;
• One ground line (common for all channels).

FlashRunner Quattro will be available in Q3 2009.