What does chip burning mean? Why does the IC need to burn?

Date：2021-09-10 14:52:00Views：3819

Generally speaking, manufacturers buy all kinds of burnable ICs from semiconductor manufacturers, and their data area is blank. Before assembly, they write the latest version of the control program and data using the IC burner. This is a necessary process more important than IC testing. It is generally implemented by the final electronic product manufacturer, which is also in production, More error prone links requiring more debugging and correction.

What does chip burning mean?

Burning is the program written by the programmer, import the program into the target IC and implement a complete action.

The burning process here is called programming, and it is also called IC copy. On the mainland side, it is commonly called burning. Burning (general) refers to using a recorder to record data (also known as burning) to a recording disc. Such as CD and DVD, the latter has a much larger capacity than the former. Burning is like copy. Copy the things in your computer on other file carriers, like a 1.4-inch disk, which can be said to be a burning disk. But for example, GBA card is a burn card, but it can't be called a burn card. Burning and recording are the same process, but they are called differently on different carriers.

The burner is actually a tool to write data on programmable integrated circuits. The burner is mainly used for the programming (or brush writing) of chips such as single chip microcomputer (including embedded) / memory (including BIOS).

Manufacturers buy the above-mentioned various burnable ICs from semiconductor manufacturers, and the data area is blank. Before assembly, the control program and data are written in the IC burner. This is a necessary process more important than IC testing, which is generally executed by the final electronic product manufacturer.

Why IC needs to be burned

First, because there are microcontrollers or arm controllers in electronic products. In the production process, there is no program in the control chip at the beginning. In order for the single chip microcomputer or ARM chip to operate according to the functions designed by us, it is necessary to burn the program execution file written by the project into the controller chip of our electronic products.

Second, you need to burn the corresponding parameters. After the MCU or arm program is burned, sometimes in order to keep it confidential, it is necessary to set the encryption parameters of the program through serial port or USB and other interfaces, or burn some parameters, such as the IP address and port data of WiFi module. All to ensure the normal operation of electronic products.

Third, burn files, such as font, pictures, ringtones, animation and so on. Now many electronic products have display screens. In order to increase the superior user experience for users, it is necessary to ensure that the high-definition photos processed in advance are stored in the single chip microcomputer or arm system. The font file is the bottom file of electronic products called for users to input Chinese characters.

In general, the purpose of IC recording this program is to ensure the normal operation of single chip microcomputer system or ARM chip, as well as the essential documents and parameters in safe operation. If you like this article, you might as well continue to pay attention to our website, and we will bring more wonderful content later. If you have any needs related to the inspection and testing of electronic products, please call Chuangxin testing, and we will serve you wholeheartedly.