Campbell Scientific Australia wrote:
>
> I was wondering how do any of you program SMT PIC's?
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex Thomas
> csa@ultra.net.au

EDI Corp. (702-735-4997, fax 702-735-8339) makes programming adapters
for surface mount parts.  The one I bought for the PIC 16c55 in the SSOP
package (the really small one) works very well.  I have programmed about
40 parts with no problems, which is amazing considering the lead pitch
of this part.  The socket that I ordered connects the pins of the part
to a DIP plug straight through.  I had to make an adapter to correct for
the pinout differences between the 16c55 DIP and SSOP, but that's easy
once you are working with a DIP.

Cost was around $100 (us)

Bill