> I have tried this trick as well, but sadly, with the PIC's
> seated in machined pin sockets, they are too "tall" to fit
> in my Datarase II, so I am back to no sockets.... :-(

I use the opposite. A turned pin header strip soldered to the pins of
a ZIF socket. That gives thin pins that will sit firmly in a standard
IC socket soldered into the PCB and a ZIF for the micro while it is
going in and out of the target. No bent pins, it fits in the eraser,
gives you nice access to the pins to clip a scope on and it's a whole
lot easier in general.

Steve (38 in New Zealand)


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Steve Baldwin                Electronic Product Design
TLA Microsystems Ltd         Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680, New Lynn      http://www.tla.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand        ph  +64 9 820-2221
email: steveb@tla.co.nz      fax +64 9 820-1929
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