How to Program a 28C16 EEPROM Using Arduino: Steps Based on Ben Eater’s Tutorials

Has anyone seen any of the Ben Eater YouTube video tutorials “Build an 8-bit computer from scratch”?
Through watching Mr. Eater on them I’ve so far successfully built a computer clock (“Clock logic - 8-bit computer clock”)  and learned how manually to program a 24-pin 28C16 EEPROM memory chip (“Using an EEPROM to replace combinational logic”).
Mr. E is a gifted teacher and guide. His numerous tutorials in this series are models of clarity, carefully thought out and planned before delivery to cover all points. And they are presented and filmed with consumate skill.
He eschews jargon and explains technicalities without being simplistic. He is a man to go into the jungle with.
His Achilles heel, if such it can be called, appears when he gets into Arduino coding.
Mr. E knows his coding onions, no doubt about it, but  gives the impression that when it comes to writing code he imagines his audience is up to his level of expertise or not far short. Mistake. Not everyone is. I’m not.
His follow-up to “Using an EEPROM to replace combinational logic” is a one-hour marathon entitled “Build an EEPROM Arduino programmer’”. It uses an Arduino, two 74HC595 shift registers and a 28C16 EEPROM to take the slog out of manual programming.
But for the life of me I can’t work out which parts of the Arduino coding that he’s put up on GitHub - https://github.com/beneater/eeprom-programmer...ster/eeprom-programmer/eeprom-programmer.ino- I can safely leave out of my Arduino IDE sketch and which parts I must include to ensure that I can simply 1) write data to the EEPROM and 2) read the contents of the EEPROM on the Serial Monitor.
Anyone know, please? I could try asking Mr. E but I'd hate to have to admit that I'm such a ninny when it comes to Arduino coding. So I thought I'd ask the experts here first.

Michelle O’Brien

Hi Michelle,So not entirely sure I understand your questions, however, I had a look at the code in git hub and it seems to be quite comprehensive. I think you need all of it. It has routines to handle the shift registers (which in turn seem to handle the EEPROM address signals), read and write data to the EEPROM, and there is a section (just before the void setup) that contains the byte_data to write to the EEPROM. This software along with the hardware he described should give you a very basic EEPROM programmer. As the software stands, when executed it erases the EEPROM, writes the data in the "byte_data" array, and then reads the EEPROM and outputs what's hopefully just been written. So it seems to do everything in your steps 1 and 2.With a bit of extra code, you could probably turn that into a basic but functional EEPROM programmer. 
Regards,Joe

Got it, Joe (at least partially) and thank you for taking the time to put me on the right track.
Using Ben Eater's EEPROM programmer and the GitHub sketch he provided I can now achieve a readout on the Arduino's Serial Monitor of the stuff I had previously put into the 28C16 by hand.
I'm not too sure yet how to use his programmer to write stuff into the 28C16 but I'll  go back to Ben's YouTube tutorial and try to work it out from there.The main part of the problem has been that while Ben is super-good in his numerous video tutorials (from my point of view, that is) on what goes where and what it does, he tends to go too fast through the Arduino IDE  programming  stuff for an amateur like me to keep up. 
Trying to follow on-screen someone who knows what he/she's doing compiling an Arduino IDE sketch remains a daunting task for those who share my rowboat if the "expert" tutorialist progresses at anything more than a pedestrian plod. With no "sleights of hand", please, and no sudden chop-and-change erasures and replacements.
Michelle

Where are you obtaining 28C16 parts? This is a really old part. Intel developed the original 2816 in 1978 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEPROM. Digi-Key claims that the 28C16 is obsolete.
Modern repalcements for the obsolete 2Kx8 28C16 include the Microchip Technology SST39SF010 (5V) and SST39VF010 (3.3V) 128Kx8 parallel-interface flash-memory parts. These parts can be programmed using hardware similar to that used to program the 28C16, though with more address bits. The writing algorithm is a bit more complicated than for the 28C16, but is perfectly feasible to homebrew. The disadvantage of flash, is that you have to write whole blocks rather than single bytes. Reading is the same as for the 28C16, with more address bits.

EEPROM Programmer is used with Arduino Uno for some electrical projects like Line Following robots and may be in 3D Printer as well. I learnt about it during my 3D Printing Internship. By the way if you are looking for best PPC services, visit PPC Services Australia.