> One idea that was posted here(I think) is to get one of those SOIC test clips that > clamp on the IC to bring out the pins for probe attachment. Solder wires from the > probe posts to a header type socket. Plug the socket into the burner and insert the > IC into the test clip(upside down). Well, I asked about it in ...1999, and I have that suggestion it in my personal Piclist archive, see below. YOu still Picstering Phil Eiserman? 5250 still available now, see http://www.pomonaelectronics.com/pdf/d5250-54_5437_1_01.pdf it now costs $12 from http://www.emulation.com/cgi-cfm/insert_quantity.cfm?part_number=5250 I might just get round to buying one real soon now... Stuart > Hi, > > > I have a bunch of smt SOIC PICS (12c508/16f84) to programme. The > only socket > > I have seen to take them costs #60 ($100)! From: "Eisermann, Phil" To: Sent: 15 March 1999 14:31 Subject: Re: Programming smt PICS I found a SOIC clip that fits nicely onto an 8-pin SMT PIC. It's from ITT-Pomona (they are on the net, http://www.pomonaelectronics.com/), part #5250. I ordered it through a company called Hughes-Peters. cost was around $9 plus shipping. don't know how applicable it is for programming; i'd be afraid that the tension of the spring would break off (or at least bend) the fragile gull-wing leads. however, you could remove the spring, and use a small rubberband to hold the jaws together. The other end of the clip fits into the ZIF socket of my PICSTART+ programmer. i'm not going to do that to my only SOIC clip, but if someone does try this, please post results to the list for our future enlightenment (or at least mine, i'm sure there will be a need sometime in the future). -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body