Lai's Green Tool SPI USB Flash Programer

Lai's Green Tool (SPI EEPROM Flash USB Programer) and SOCKET Programmer Adapter, this is also best for SPI progamming for Huawei BM622i even without experience in programming.

 Supported Chips

25  SPI  FLASH

·         AMIC: A25L512, A25L05P, A25L10P, A25L010, A25L020, A25L20P, A25L040, A25L40P, A25L080, A25L80P, A25L016, A25L16P, A25L032

·         ATMEL: AT25F512B, AT25F512A, AT25F512, AT25FS010, AT25F1024, AT25F1024A, AT25DF021, AT25F2048, AT26F004, AT25F4096, AT25FS040, AT25DF041A, AT26DF041A, AT26DF081A, AT25DF161, AT26DF161, AT26DF161A, AT25DF321A, AT25DF321, AT26DF321, AT25DF641

·         COMMON: 25X005, 25X05, 25X10, 25X20, 25X40, 25X80, 25X16, 25X32, 25X64,25X128, 25X256, 25X512, 25X1024, 25X2048

·         EON: EN25P05, EN25B05T, EN25F05, EN25B05, EN25LF05, EN25D10, EN25P10, EN25F10, EN25LF10, EN25D20, EN25LF20, EN25F20, EN25LF40, EN25F40, EN25D40, EN25P80, EN25Q80, EN25F80, EN25T80, EN25D80, EN25B16, EN25T16, EN25D16, EN25Q16, EN25F16, EN25B16T, EN25B32T, EN25B32, EN25Q32, EN25F32, EN25P32, EN25F64, EN25Q64, EN25B64, EN25B64T,EN25Q128, EN25F128

·         ES: ES25P10, ES25P20, ES25P40, ES25M40A, ES25M40, ES25P80, ES25M80, ES25M80A, ES25M16, ES25M16A, ES25P16, ES25P32

·         ESMT: F25L04UA, F25L004A, F25L08PA, F25L008A, F25L16PA, F25L016A, F25L32QA, F25L32PA,

·         GIGADEVICE: GD25Q512, GD25Q10, GD25Q20, GD25D40, GD25F40, GD25F80, GD25Q80, GD25D80, GD25T80, GD25Q16, GD25Q32, GD25Q64 , GD25Q128

·         KH: KH25L8036D

·         MXIC: MX25L512, MX25V512, MX25L1005, MX25L2005, MX25L4005A, MX25V4005, MX25V4035, MX25L8035, MX25V8005, MX25L8005, MX25L1605D, MX25L1608D, MX25L1635D, MX25L3205D, MX25L3206E, MX25L3225D, MX25L3237D, MX25L3208D, MX25L3235D, MX25L6405D, MX25L6408D, MX25L6455E, MX25L6445E, MX25L6406E, MX25L12845E, MX25L12805D, MX25L25635E

·         NEXFLASH: NX25P10, NX25P20, NX25P40, NX25P80, NX25P16, NX25P32

·         NSHINE: MS25X05, MS25X10, MS25X20, MS25X40, MS25X80, MS25X16, MS25X32, MS25X64, MS25X128

·         PMC: PM25LV512A, PM25LV010A, PM25LV020, PM25LV040, PM25LV080B, PM25LV016B

·         SAIFUN: SA25F005, SA25F010, SA25F020, SA25F040, SA25F080, SA25F160, SA25F320

·         SPANSION: S25FL040A, S25FL004A, S25FL008A, S25FL016A, S25FL160, S25FL032A, S25FL064A, S25FL128P, S25FL129P, S25FL256P

·         SST: SST25VF512A, SST25VF512, SST25VF010, SST25VF010A, SST25VF020A, SST25VF020, SST25VF040A, SST25VF040B, SST25VF040, SST25VF080B, SST25VF016B, SST25VF032B, SST25VF064C

·         ST: M25P05A, M25PE10, M25P10A, M25P20, M25PE20, M25P40, M25PE40, M25P80, M25PX80, M25PE80, M25P16, M25PX16, M25PE16, M25PE32, M25PX32, M25P32, M25PX64, M25P64, M25PE64, M25P128

·         WINBOND: W25X10L, W25X10AL, W25P10, W25X10A, W25X10, W25P20, W25X20L, W25X20A, W25X20AL, W25X20, W25X40A, W25Q40BV, W25P40, W25X40L, W25X40AL, W25X40, W25Q80BV, W25P80, W25X80AL, W25X80L, W25X80, W25Q80V, W25X80A, W25X16, W25Q16V, W25P16, W25Q16BV, W25Q32BV, W25Q32V, W25X32, W25P32, W25Q64BV, W25X64, W25P64 W

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·         ATMEL: AT24C01B, AT24C01, AT24C01A, AT24C02, AT24C02A, AT24C02B , AT24C04B, AT24C04, AT24C04A, AT24C08A, AT24C08B, AT24C08, AT24C16, AT24C16A, AT24C16B, AT24C32B, AT24C32A, AT24C32, AT24C64, AT24C64A, AT24C64B, AT24C128, AT24C128A, AT24C128B, AT24C256A, AT24C256, AT24C256B, AT24C512B, AT24C512A, AT24C512, AT24C1024, AT24C1024A, AT24C1024B

·         CATALYST: CAT24C01, CAT24WC01, CAT24C02, CAT24WC02, CAT24C04, CAT24WC04, CAT24WC08, CAT24C08, CAT24WC16, CAT24C16, CAT24WC32, CAT24C32, CAT24WC64, CAT24C64, CAT24C128, CAT24WC128, CAT24C256, CAT24WC256, CAT24C512, CAT24WC512, CAT24C1024, CAT24WC1024

·         COMMON: 24C01 3V, 24C01 5V, 24C02 3V, 24C02 5V, 24C04 3V, 24C04 5V, 24C08 3V, 24C08 5V, 24C16 5V, 24C16 3V, 24C32 5V, 24C32 3V, 24C64 5V, 24C64 3V, 24C128 5V, 24C128 3V, 24C256 5V, 24C256 3V, 24C512 5V, 24C512 3V, 24C1024 3V, 24C1024 5V, 24C2048 5V, 24C2048 3V, 24C4096 5V, 24C4096 3V

·         FAIRCHILD: FM24C01L, FM24C02L, FM24C03L, FM24C05L, FM24C04L, FM24C08L, FM24C09L, FM24C17L, FM24C16L, FM24C32L, FM24C64L, FM24C128L, FM24C256L, FM24C512L FM

·         HOLTEK: HT24C01, HT24LC01, HT24LC02, HT24C02, HT24C04, HT24LC04 HT24C08, HT24LC08, HT24C16, HT24LC16, HT24LC32, HT24C32, HT24LC64, HT24C64, HT24C128, HT24LC128, HT24LC256, HT24C256, HT24LC512, HT24C512, HT24C1024, HT24LC1024

·         ISSI: IS24C01, IS24C02, IS24C04, IS24C08, IS24C16, IS24C32, IS24C64, IS24C128, IS24C256, IS24C512, IS24C1024

·         MICROCHIP: MIC24LC014, MIC24AA01, MIC24AA014, MIC24LC01B, MIC24LC02B, MIC24AA02, MIC24C02C, MIC24AA024, MIC24LC025, MIC24LC024, MIC24LC04B, MIC24AA04, MIC24AA025, MIC24LC08B, MIC24AA08, MIC24LC16B, MIC24AA16, MIC24LC32, MIC24AA32, MIC24LC64, MIC24AA64, MIC24FC64, MIC24FC128, MIC24AA128, MIC24LC128, MIC24AA256, MIC24LC256, MIC24FC256, MIC24AA512, MIC24LC51,2 MIC24FC512, MIC24AA1024

·         NSC: NSC24C02L, NSC24C02, NSC24C64

·         RAMTRON: FM24CL04, FM24C04A, FM24CL16, FM24C16A, FM24CL64, FM24C64, FM24C256, FM24CL256, FM24C512

·         ROHM: BR24L01, BR24C01, BR24L02, BR24C02, BR24L04, BR24C04, BR24L08, BR24C08, BR24L16 ,BR24C16, BR24L32, BR24C32, BR24C64, BR24L64

·         ST: ST24C01, ST24C02, ST24C04, ST24C08, ST24C16, ST24C32, ST24C64

·         XICOR: X24C01, X24C02, X24C04, X24C08, X24C16

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How safe is Breast Implants?

Breast augmentation is a surgery that needs to be taken seriously. Though most breast augmentations go smoothly and without any complications, it's important to know what to expect after breast augmentation surgery, including what kind of complications could possibly arise.

Recovery after Breast Augmentation Surgery

For the first few days after breast augmentation surgery, it will be advised to take it easy and not move around excessively. There will be some swelling and bruising which is completely normal and may last for a few months. Putting arms up over the head will be absolutely out of the question for a few days so it may be helpful to have somebody at home that can help when it’s needed.

Always follow the directions given to you by the nurse(s) and plastic surgeon to have the smoothest recovery possible.

Potential Complications of Breast Implants

After breast augmentation surgery, it's important that patients are aware of potential complications. Also, knowing what to look for can help with early detection of any complications, such as the following, that may arise.

Capsular Contracture: This condition is caused by the formation of scar tissue surrounding the implant during the natural healing process that squeezes and puts pressure on the implant. Capsular contracture occurs in less than 5% of patients. The Baker Scale measures the different grades of capsular contracture which is as follows:

• Grade I: the breast is normally soft and looks natural
• Grade II: the breast is a little firm but looks normal
• Grade III: the breast is firm and looks abnormal (visible distortion)
• Grade IV: the breast is hard, painful, and looks abnormal (greater distortion)

Bleeding: Excessive bleeding can occur both during and/or after breast augmentation surgery. Sometimes an additional surgery will need to be performed to go in and remove the blood that has been collecting.

Infection: If the area becomes infected, the breast implants will need to be removed in order to prevent any further damage and health risks. In general, infection occurs in less than 2% of all breast augmentation patients but it is a possible complication.

Rupture: Ruptures can happen at any time. They are always the result of either injury or just general wear and tear. It’s important for people to know that breast implants should not be expected to last forever. It’s likely that one will need at least one other breast augmentation with a new set of implants at some point.

Reactions to Anesthesia: Breast augmentation is performed using a general anesthetic in most cases and some people may have a bad reaction or be allergic to the anesthetic.

Maintenance after Breast Augmentation Surgery

Breast implants aren’t something that one can just set and forget. The longer they remain in the body, the higher the risk goes for complications because of normal wear and tear. The most popular type of complication in aging breast implants is rupturing.

With saline implants, the saline solution will just be dissolved by the body and the implant will deflate, resulting in a definite change in breast size. Silicone implants aren’t as noticeable when they rupture because the rupture and the resulting leak of the silicone gel tends to be very slow and may not be noticed for a period of several months or longer.

Before making the decision to go with breast implants, one should look ahead to the future and decide if money needs to be set aside to pay for further breast augmentation surgeries.

Source:

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Breast Augmentation (accessed January 28, 2009).

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No Touch Breast Exam Fails Test

Women do not like to have their breasts squeezed by equipment to get a routine mammogram. So they welcome other options like thermography. "It's just like having your picture taken," one woman explained. Using near-infrared sensitive film and computer enhancement, advocates say it is as good as x-rays and may even be better because women won't avoid having it done. So it could be useful for screening. But does it really find early breast cancer, when it can be most easily cured?

No, according to a recent study. Women who had biopsy proven early cancer then had breast thermograms done just for the study. Only half the cancers were found by thermography. And when the thermogram interpretation was "no lesions" (no abnormalities), it was correct only 77% of the time (negative predicative value).

Investigators turned up the sensitivity in the system. They could then improve the sensitivity (ability to detect lesions)—87% of the known lesions were spotted by thermography—but at the cost of generating too many "false positives." The specificity fell to less than 50%, meaning that about half the women who would have been told they had no lesions actually did.

These results were presented at a conference of breast specialists. One doctor in the audience disputed the findings, saying results in his office had a sensitivity of over 90%. But he had never published his results. He was invited to submit his data for scientific review.

Not the First Negative Study

This study was not the first to rain on thermography. Looking at five published studies that were scientifically reasonable, investigators in New Zealand found sensitivity of screening thermography to be 25% compared to routine mammography. Specificity was 74%, meaning only about three of four woman declared without lesions (normal) were without lesions.

Expert Warning

The (US) Food and Drug Administration "warned women not to substitute breast thermography for mammography to screen for breast cancer." (June 2, 2011)

Because thermography is advertised directly to women, an editorial in the December, 2011, National Review of Cancer called for regulatory action to curtail companies from misleading the public.

Expert Advice about Screening

After careful analysis of all reputable data, the United States Preventive Services Task Force states, "The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography [by x-ray] for women aged 50 to 74 years. ['Biennial' means every two years.]....The decision to start regular, biennial screening mammography before [emphasis added] the age of 50 years should be an individual one and take patient context into account, including the patient's values regarding specific benefits and harms. "

Mammographic screening from age 40 to 50 is controversial. The USPSTF does not recommend it because they believe the data do not support a life-saving benefit. One suggestion is to screen only women who are at high risk due to family history, or who have dense breasts. (Ravenstock et al, 2012) (However, it may take a mammogram to determine who has dense breasts).

Sources

Guilfoyle CM et al. Does infrared thermography predict the presence of malignancy in patients with suspicious radiologic breast abnormalities? American Society of Breast Surgeons 2012; Abstract 92. reported by Charles Bankhead in MedPage Today, May 7, 2012

Fitzgerald A, Berenstson-Shaw J: Thermography as a screening and diagnostic tool: a systematic review. New Zealand Medical Journal. 2012 Mar 9;125(1351):80-91.

Lovett KM, Liang BA: Risks of online advertisement of direct-to-consumer thermography for breast cancer screening. Nat Review Cancer 2011 Dec; 11 (12): 827-8

US Food and Drug Adminsitration

US Preventive Services Task Force

Van Ravesteyn NT et al. Tipping the balance of benefits and harms to favor screening mammography starting at age 40 years: A comparative modeling study of risk. Ann Intern Med 2012 May 1; 156:609.

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How long Breast Cancer Continues Kill Women?

The pink ribbon campaign has been an overwhelming success in raising awareness of breast cancer; yet there is fear that it has lulled women into false hopes for a cure.

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® first introduced the pink ribbon to participants in the fall of 1991 and it became the official symbol for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 1992.

It is unquestionable that the ribbon achieved its purpose in raising awareness of breast cancer and the importance of early detection. However, some women fear that, what they call “Pink Ribbon culture,” has had some unintended consequences.

Behind the Pink Curtain: False Hopes?

Gayle Sulik, author of Pink Ribbon Blues (2010), feels that the optimism and hope inspired by pink culture is giving women the false impression that there is a cure for breast cancer. Has pink ribbon culture encouraged the dissemination of pink misinformation?

Fran Visco, President of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), states in her January 21, 2012, Huffington Post article, “WARNING: Breast Cancer Awareness Month May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” that women who read the news are building a false comfort zone, most probably believing:

“if they take care of themselves and get regular mammograms, the disease could be found early and there would be a 98 percent chance of a cure.”

Peeling Away the Pink

“Peeling Away the Pink,” was the slogan of the 2010 NBCC Annual Advocacy Training Conference. In her introductory letter to the Conference, Visco ends by saying, “No more fighting breast cancer with hope.”

A year later Visco announced “Breast Cancer Deadline 2020” at the Summit on the Prevention of Metastatic Breast Cancer, held August 26-28, 2011. Deadline 2020 demands the eradication of breast cancer within a decade.

What is the Truth about Progress in Prevention or Cure of Breast Cancer?

Susan Love, M.D., author of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, has written five editions of the book over the course of twenty years. In the Fifth Edition she writes:

“…I have become increasingly frustrated that we have not made equal progress [with cancer of the cervix] in finding the cause of breast cancer.”

The same concern is shared by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® organization, who requested a status report on the most current breast cancer prevention information from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science.

The report, delivered on December 7, 2011, announced that little proof exists that any environmental factor, with the exception of smoking, increases the risk of breast cancer. In the conclusion of the report it states:

"In order to identify additional opportunities to reduce breast cancer risk, further research needs to fill a host of knowledge gaps."

Incidence of Breast Cancer and Cure Rates

The statistics of the American Cancer Society show no change in the incidence of breast cancer in the past five years. The number of deaths also remains constant.

In an article by Sulick, “Why Do I Research Pink Ribbon Culture?” she points out the lack of actual progress in curing breast cancer:

• Incidence rates remain high, and some forty thousand women and hundreds of men die from the disease each year.
• Whereas about 25 percent of diagnosed women have a tumor in situ (confined within a duct or lobule) which is not life threatening, the remaining 75 percent are diagnosed with cancer that is actively spreading.

Pink Ribbon Culture: from Awareness and Support to a Culture of Survivors

Sulik describes pink ribbon culture as an attitude of optimisim and hope; and adulation and stories of “she-ro”s, – women who vanquish and transcend cancer, rising from the experience transformed.

In actual fact, she writes, the vast majority of them never had the disease.

Most "survivors," had ductal cancer in situ (DCIS), a tissue abnormality, that even doctors do not agree should be named “cancer.”

Dr. Love defines DCIS as a confined, non-invasive tissue abnormality that looks like cancer cells. It may become cancer, but in the majority of cases, does not. The treatment for DCIS is prevention of cancer by total mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by radiation, because, as Dr. Love states:

“Unfortunately, we don’t know how to tell which cases will come invasive and which won’t.” (Love 2010, p. 331)

Unintended Consequences of the Survivor Culture

Sulik complains that the "she-ro's" have set too high a bar for the 75% of women diagnosed who have deadly invasive cancer.

Stage 4, the most lethal and fast growing cancer, cannot be detected by mammography. Yet the message of the Pink Ribbon is that mammography and early detection will keep women safe.

According to Sulik, some women who she interviewed with Stage 4 breast cancer felt unwelcome and out of place at upbeat, optimistic breast cancer support meetings and were even asked to leave if they were negative or depressed.

Trivializing Breast Cancer

Sulik accuses Pink Ribbon culture of “trivializing” breast cancer. She believes that the manner in which some women depict their triumphs causes other women to believe that breast cancer is not a threat to their lives, but rather a normal experience for women.

She cites a passage in the book, Cancer Vixen, (Marchettio, 2009):

“Cancer, I am gonna will kick your butt.” “And, and I’m gonna do it in killer five-inch heels.” (Sulik, 2011, p. 96)

This cavalier attitude disturbs Sulick, whose closest friend died from a swift, vicious and devastatingly lethal form of breast cancer.

Sulik explains that, by glorifying the victorious female warrior over breast cancer, pink ribbon culture is beginning to “backfire:”

It keeps women ignorant, rather than aware of the deadly threat posed by breast cancer.

Sadly, it has effectively chased the most seriously ill back to hiding and silence.

Dr. Love Asks the Question

Dr. Susan Love approached basic scientists and asked the question – “…why they did not do breast cancer research on women [as opposed to laboratory studies].” One scientist said:

“I don’t know where to find the women.” (Love 2010, p. 633)

She then founded the Dr. Susan Love Foundation with a goal of recruiting women willing to be subjects in forthcoming studies of breast cancer.

HOW: The Health of Women Study

A cohort study is a study that follows healthy people through questionnaires over a long period of time, like The Nurse’s Health Study of Boston, which followed thousands of women over time and discovered a host of risk factors for chronic disease.

With internet communication, Love anticipates the participation of millions of women throughout the world, in the hopes of finding the key to preventing breast cancer.

The Issue is not Pink or no Pink - it is Prevention and Cure of Breast Cancer

Some women feel that Pink Ribbon optimism is distracting women from the lack of progress in breast cancer research. Regardless of how individual women feel about the Pink Ribbon campaign, the answer lies in action. Dr. Love and the HOW study is the best news about breast cancer in decades.

References:

Lerner, BH, “Pink Ribbon Fatigue,” New York Times, October 11, 2010.

Love, Susan M., MD. Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, Perseus Books Group, 2010.

National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund Annual Advocacy Training Conference, May 22 – 25, 2010. http://act.breastcancerdeadline2020.org/site/DocServer/NBCC_2010_Conference_Program.pdf?docID=1782. Accessed December 15, 2011.

Sulik, Gayle A. Pink Ribbon Blues, New York, Oxford University Press, 2011.

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MTX USB SPI NAND Flasher Programmer

Matrix 360 NAND Programmer MTX USB SPI Flasher V1.0 For XBOX360 Game Module

Specification:

• Matrix NAND Programmer MTX SPI Flasher V1.0 For XBOX360
• Cost effective NAND reader / programmer to complete the GliGli Hack.
• It features a PIC18F2455 microcontroller for stable and quick reading/writing of all NAND models available on the different XBOX360 models.
• The Matrix NAND programmer is also fully compatible with NANDPRO 2.0e and several other third party programming tools.

Features:

• Fast USB SPI 360 NAND programmer.
• Fully compatible with all XBOX360 NAND models.
• Fully compatible with NandPro2.0e Software and other third party software.
• Easily reprogrammable with via USB connector.
• Quick reading and writing times.
• Microchip based for enhanced stability

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TP-Link WR703N Expander

Small USB Hub & FTDI dual serial/GPIO/JTAG adapter.

It was designed to match the form factor of the TP-LINK WR703N router, but can be used with almost any USB host. If you haven’t used the WR703N – it is a great little OpenWRT box, made even better with the I/O expansion from this board.

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Cheap SPI Flash Programmer

The circuit is connected to the PC via parallel port and he have external power supply.

This programmer supports: ST Micro M25(E), ST Micro M45(E), Macronix MX25L, Atmel AT25FS, Atmel AT25DF, Atmel AT25F, Amic A25LxxP, Amic A25Lxxx, Eon EN25(B/D/F/P) read only, Winbond W25X, Winbond W25Q (OTP), SST SST25(LV/VF)xx, SST SST25VFxxxB, Spansion S25FL and ESMT F25L.

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