If you have room solder a long pin (like the old wire wrap type) socket to vero with the usual breaks in the middle along each edge fit sil type sockets, plug in the chip and then plug the whole lot into the board! >Hi everyone, >I'm doing a PIC project at present with a few .1" headers on it >for external connections & test points. Does anyone know of >a suitable female test recepticle for probing/connecting to the >individual pins ? Some way of making jumper leads for going >between pins on different points would also be useful. I tried >using machined pins from IC sockets but they are too small. >Has anyone done this before ? >Regards... ___________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices Ph: +61 7 38210362 Fax +61 7 38210281 AVD@uq.net.au Unit 8, 9-11 Trade Street Cleveland, Qld, 4163, Australia. ___________________________________