Try this:  Pack it in, let's say, conductive foam (for now.)

Put a couple small pieces of wood in next to it, one on either side.
(Split a 1"x2" chunk in half?  Or route a chip-sized hole into the wood
block.)

Tape into a safe, cohesive whole.  (Leave obvious tags to be merciful to
the recipient;  I detest getting a bubble-wrap package that's next to
impossible to open...)

The wood's pretty much truck-proof (well, mostly.)  I've shipped many
palmtops and chip programmers with wood blocks inside the envelope, no
damage yet.

GOOD idea to tape the envelope/box shut thoroughly, however - Don't
trust Postal Service "self-sealing" boxes to STAY sealed, they almost
always do, but that once is a PAIN.

Can do the same thing with "Popsicle sticks"; they're not as strong as a
wood monoblock.  Also, can take a strip of cardboard and wrap it around
the chip to get the same results.

  Mark

Lorick wrote:
> As far as maintaining static conscious protective handling of a programmed
> PIC, if I want to mail one to someone after it's programmed, would there be
> any preference to mounting it on conductive foam vs storing it in those
> static protective plastic tubes they are originally shipped in?

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