I did the same but without the zip socket sometimes I bend the osc pins out and add Xtal or inject clock into the pic. good way to test xtal ect. after using a few times I replaced the top socket I mow use a zipsocket Regards Art ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Nield" > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [PIC]:Extra Long Leads for a Temporary PIC Hookup > > > > Presumably there is not enough room on the main board to fit the ZIF > socket there ? > > My usual approach to this kind of thing is to build up a small stack of > ordinary IC sockets to get > > some height off the board, and then plug the ZIF socket into that > directly. Saves any soldering and > > means you don't need to have big long wires. > > > > Your long wires would probably be ok though if you want to go that route. > If you have access to a > > scope then you can have a quick probe around and check that none of the > waveforms are too disgusting > > - one worth paying close attention to would be the clock input to the PIC, > especially if you are > > using the PIC to drive a crystal / ceramic resonator as the signal from > the xtal / resonator INTO > > the PIC is reasonably high impedance. > > > > Hope this helps. > > Simon > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.