Hi Vic, I made an ICSP board with a 3Com SOIC-to-conventional adapter, it's basically a socket with the contacts, and a spring-loaded hinged door that closes over the PIC and presses it against the contacts. You solder this onto a PCB, and run whatever wires you need out from it, I only did the ICSP wires, and it works wonders. This saves me from having to program the PICs once soldered on the board. Just be aware that if you plan for future upgrades you will need to leave some sort of ICSP access on the PCB. With this socket I programmed some 25 16F628As in a little over three minutes. Regards, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Fraenckel" <> To: "PICList" <> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:41 PM Subject: [piclist] programming SOIC and other smt PICs > > I am going to be programming the 12f629 in the SOIC form factor. I am > looking for recommendations as to what programmer would be the best to > accomodate this. I am rather new at this and wish to make a good choice. > > Any enlightenment will be appreciated. > > TIA > > Vic > ________________________________________________________ > > Victor Fraenckel - The Windman > victorf ATSIGN windreader DOTcom > KC2GUI > > Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite > Read the WIND > > "Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long > and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival." > - Winston [Leonard Spencer] Churchill (1874 - 1965) > > "Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?" > -Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620) to the young King Gustavus Adolphus > > "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough > men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." > -George Orwell > > to unsubscribe, go to http://www.yahoogroups.com and follow the instructions > Yahoo! Groups Links |