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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000351998-12-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120308
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120313
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120313

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DATA I/O CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000351998
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825]
		IRS NUMBER:				910864123
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1211

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-10394
		FILM NUMBER:		12687010

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6464 185TH AVE NE, SUITE 101
		CITY:			REDMOND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98052
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4258676922

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6464 185TH AVE NE, SUITE 101
		CITY:			REDMOND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98052
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers </FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">On March 8, 2012, the board of directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Data I/O Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) appointed Ken Myer to the Board effective March 8, 2012.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">There were no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Myer was selected as a Director.&nbsp; There were no related party transactions to report between Mr. Myer and the Company.&nbsp; However, he served as a consultant to Data I/O Corporation from February to October of 2011, for which he </FONT><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">received consulting fees of $123,750 and had been granted 5,000 stock options, with a 3 year life, an estimated value of $11,000, and vesting quarterly over a 1 year period, of which half vested and half were forfeited.</FONT><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman"> &nbsp;As a result of this compensation, he will not be considered an independent director.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Mr. Myer has been assigned to, and will Chair, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board.&nbsp; He will stand for election with the other current Directors at the May 12, 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">A copy of the press release announcement is furnished in exhibit 99 to this current report.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</FONT></B></P>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Press Release: </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=#333333 face="Times New Roman">Data I/O Corporation </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Appoints Ken Myer to Board of Directors</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">March 13, 2012</FONT></P></TD>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">By:&nbsp; </FONT><U><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">/s/ Joel S. Hatlen</FONT></U><U><FONT style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></U></P>

   <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Joel S. Hatlen<BR>Vice President<BR>Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Redmond, WA, March 12, 2012 &#8211; Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading provider of e.MMC, Flash and Microcontroller device programming and IP management solutions used in wireless, consumer electronics and automotive electronics, &nbsp;today announced the appointment of Ken Myer to Data I/O&#8217;s Board of Directors effective March 8, 2012.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Myer is currently the interim President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Yapta in Seattle, Washington, the leading provider of travel price assurance solutions.&nbsp; Since April 2010, Mr. Myer has been a strategy consultant and interim executive to technology companies and has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Washington's Center for Commercialization, in Seattle, Washington.&nbsp; From February 2011 to October 2011, he served as a consultant to Data I/O in the role of General Manager of the Azido Initiative.&nbsp; From November 2006 to March 2010, Mr. Myer was President and CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA).&nbsp; </FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="times new roman">Previously, he served as Sr. Vice President of TeleSym, co-founder and CEO of Interval Systems, Executive Vice President of Active Voice, and he served 15 years with IBM in various executive positions with his last role being General Manger of the Northwest &amp; Intermountain regions.</FONT></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">"I am delighted that Ken will be joining us," said Fred Hume, President and CEO of Data I/O Corporation. "His extensive sales, marketing, software industry, technology senior management and CEO level experience, as well as experience as a director of various boards and in working with Data I/O&#8217;s team and our Azido Initiative make him a valuable addition to our Board." </FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US color=windowtext face="times new roman">Mr. Myer holds an MBA and Masters of Speech Communication from the University of Washington.&nbsp; He is currently on the board of Esna Technologies of Toronto, the University of Washington Information School, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) and Washington FIRST Robotics. </FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Ken Myer will join the Company&#8217;s existing directors: Doug Brown, Paul Gary, Fred Hume, Steve Quist and Bill Walker.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">About Data I/O Corporation: </FONT></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Celebrating 40 years of expertise in delivering intellectual property to programmable devices, Data&nbsp;I/O offers complete, integrated manufacturing solutions in wireless, automotive, programming center, semiconductor, and industrial control market segments for OEM, ODM, EMS and semiconductor companies. Data&nbsp;I/O is the leader in programming and provides hardware and software solutions for turn-key programming and device testing services, as well as in-system (on-board), in-line (right before use at the SMT line), or in-socket (off-line) programming. These solutions are scalable for small, medium and large volume applications with different device mixes.&nbsp; Data I/O Corporation has headquarters in Redmond, Wash., with sales and services worldwide. For further information, visit the company&#8217;s website at </FONT><FONT style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none" lang=EN-US color=windowtext face="Times New Roman">http://www.dataio.com&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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