Based on the type and functional elements can be processed, research and development with the burner can be subdivided into a single functional type and Universal type. Provides a simple function for a single functional element single burner, usually using a simple low-cost advantages, but it also could not have expanded, the quality varies greatly problems. Due to technical barriers such products is low, so the market is filled with a variety of choice, whether it is professional or just for fun nature of the supplier, as long as the price is cheap, it is on the shelves.
　　If you just for a single development task, just use the simple elements EPROM, MCS-51 or PIC and so on, do not want instability, poor yields delay when developing your drive manufacturer or a professional writer IC factory authorized products is probably your better choice. The current mainstream products, should be universal type burner (Universal Programmer), from the standpoint of R & D engineers, and can be applied to product development program components can be so great mix of single-chip, FLASH design with a case, EPROM opportunities abound CPLD. Buy through software upgrade, you can support several thousand kinds of IC-purpose type burner, although the price is a bit expensive, but in the long run is a good choice.
　　For manufacturers of burner, the universal type burner main difficulties and challenges As semiconductor manufacturers to introduce new elements of the current market is about to burn down in 4000, again a year from 300 to 500 in speed metabolism, which also contain updates on the number of old elements burn algorithms, so universal type burner manufacturers would have required a huge R & D team, the face of endless software updates, not only the speed to be fast, but also entirely correct, otherwise soon be eliminated,Also the vast majority of IC manufacturer will not let the burner on the market in different ways to produce a large number of poor, resulting in dispute can not be resolved, so only a small number of certified IC manufacturers to provide excellent sample and burn algorithms (Algorithm). Finally, new entrants face a competitor has the necessary support to more than 4000 kinds of elements, where the huge manpower and expense needed to look into it more daunting.
　　This product can be seen entering the high threshold, the difficulty of maintaining not fall, and one bit of sweet bitterness manufacturers in mind, it is no wonder these years the major manufacturers in Europe, the United States, Japan and other advanced countries are fading out of the market, mainland China, South Korea and other big competitors did not appear, under the Taiwan industry continued to work, but also created another first in the world (more than the estimated number of shipments of more than 50% market share).