xgecu on Electronic Labhttps://electronic-lab.net/en/tags/xgecu/Recent content in xgecu on Electronic LabHugoen-USTue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MiniPRO TL866 Programmer on Debian Linuxhttps://electronic-lab.net/en/tutorials/minipro-tl866-linux/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://electronic-lab.net/en/tutorials/minipro-tl866-linux/<p>The XGecu MiniPRO TL866 is a popular, inexpensive universal programmer for EPROMs, EEPROMs, flash memories, microcontrollers and GAL chips. The manufacturer only ships Windows software, but on Linux the open-source command-line tool <strong>minipro</strong>, developed by David Griffith, works very well. The steps below were tested on Debian 13 (Trixie, gcc 14) and also work on older Debian releases and Debian-based distributions (Ubuntu, Mint, Raspberry Pi OS).</p>