SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 15 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	Data I/O is implementing a Chief Executive Officer succession plan after Frederick R. Hume, its President and CEO, advised the Board of Directors on March 1, 2012 that he plans to retire on or before the end of the fiscal year on December 31, 2012, or at such time as a suitable successor President and Chief Executive Officer can be identified and appointed by our Board. Data I/O has retained a search firm to assist in this process. Frederick R. Hume and Data I/O Corporation entered into a Separation Agreement on March 1, 2012. To help Data I/O by remaining in his present positions and to assist in the CEO succession search and transition process, the Separation Agreement terms include: a release of claims; Mr. Hume agreeing to a 2 year non-competition and non-solicitation period; termination of his current Amended and Restated Executive Agreement for Data I/O Corporation (“change-in-control” arrangement) and his rights under the employee severance arrangement; payments totaling $350,000; and vesting in the 2012 incentive amount, under the Management Incentive Compensation Plan (MICP), determined as of his Retirement Date with pro-rata calculations for time employed in 2012. On January 9, 2012, our board of directors approved a new and expanded 2012 share repurchase program with provisions to buy back up to $6 million dollars of stock. The program included establishing a Rule 10b5-1 plan under the Exchange Act to provide flexibility to make purchases at any time. The 10b5-1 trading plan allows us to repurchase our common stock in the open market during periods in which stock trading is otherwise closed for us. On January 13, 2012, the October 2011 stock repurchase program was terminated and the new expanded program went into effect. During 2012, approximately 1.5 million shares have been repurchased for approximately $6.0 million.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Data I/O is implementing a Chief Executive Officer succession plan after Frederick R. Hume, its President and CEO, advised the Board of Directors on March 1, 2012 that he plans to retire on or before the end of the fiscal year on December 31, 2012, or at such time as a suitable successor President and Chief Executive Officer can be identified and appointed by our Board. Data I/O has retained a search firm to assist in this process. Frederick R. Hume and Data I/O Corporation entered into a Separation Agreement on March 1, 2012. To help Data I/O by remaining in his present positions and to assist in the CEO succession search and transition process, the Separation Agreement terms include: a release of claims; Mr. Hume agreeing to a 2 year non-competition and non-solicitation period; termination of his current Amended and Restated Executive Agreement for Data I/O Corporation (“change-in-control” arrangement) and his rights under the employee severance arrangement; payments totaling $350,000; and vesting in the 2012 incentive amount, under the Management Incentive Compensation Plan (MICP), determined as of his Retirement Date with pro-rata calculations for time employed in 2012.

On January 9, 2012, our board of directors approved a new and expanded 2012 share repurchase program with provisions to buy back up to $6 million dollars of stock. The program included establishing a Rule 10b5-1 plan under the Exchange Act to provide flexibility to make purchases at any time. The 10b5-1 trading plan allows us to repurchase our common stock in the open market during periods in which stock trading is otherwise closed for us. On January 13, 2012, the October 2011 stock repurchase program was terminated and the new expanded program went into effect. During 2012, approximately 1.5 million shares have been repurchased for approximately $6.0 million.