>
>
> Thinking of playing with the PIC16F872 in 0.050 SO format, instead
> of the .3 DIP that I use currently.  3 major considerations are:
>
> (1) Being able to solder these -- I think it's doable with a nice
>     small soldering iron.
>

Very doable. We are using carriers (e.g.
http://info.digikey.com/T022/V5/0821.pdf) for prototyping and have no
problem to solder them.

We are using a very small solder tip, very thin solder 'wire', magnifying
glass and small twisters.

Tal


> (2) Not being able to re-program once it's soldered on the board,
>     but I'll look into ICSP...later.
>
> (3) Finding some way to program the chip.  Is there some type
>     of "clips" or SO socket available so I can adapt my Tait
>     programmer to this format?
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
>
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