> >I have fitted my only PIC16F84-10/P in a high-quality turned-pin socket
> >though. Tinned beryllium copper contacts (according to my supplier).
>
> These are the only sort of sockets that I ever consider using. Had too
much
> trouble with cheaper ones over the years.
>
> They also make great "pin savers" for putting a chip into that is going to
> be fitted and removed many times, such as UV erasable chips that are used
> for development. The socket pins have the nice touch that they will fit
into
> the same sort of socket and make reliable contact. Then if you bend and
> break a pin on your chip saver socket, you put the chip into another
socket.

In my experience the round socket pins fit well into the cheaper flat pin
sockets. The round pins are much wider than the chip's pins, so contact is
much better.

Wouter

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