Campbell Scientific Australia wrote:
>
> I was wondering how do any of you program SMT PIC's?

We do quite a bit.

> We are using a 16C84 in a current design, and we don't have enough room to
> do in-circuit programming. Is there a common ZIF socket for programming the
> 18 pin 16C84 SOIC parts with the PICSTART? Or is there another way to
> program them easily?

We left a few small pads to do the programming on a bed of nails. Works
well.
You can also test the other functionality on the board.
Don't do production runs with a PICstart - it's not made for the job.

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Tjaart van der Walt
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