On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 17:30, Jesse Lackey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A question.  I'm about to do a design for production (meaning runs of
> 100, for now anyway) and wonder how to provide for ICSP of the PIC.  It
> will probably be a 12F part, if it matters.  I don't want to have a row
> of header pins, nor any sort of cutout for connecting a card-edge type
> connector (rectangular pcb with nothing fancy is cheapest).  I'm
> thinking something along the lines of some pads at the pcb edge with two
> holes such that some kind of small 5-pin connector can be placed on the
> pcb (with the holes matching up to bosses on the connector), the
> operator hits program in MPLAB while holding the connector down, then on
> to the next board.
>
> The PIC will hopefully be an 8-pin SOIC device; 14 pin if the design
> requires it.
>
> Would some sort of spring-loaded clamp onto the PIC be preferred?
>
> How do people do this?

If you're gonna do the work yourself then its a case of whatever works
for you. I use a spring clip for 16 series and header pins for 12/18
(because I only have one clip). I've never programmed 100 in a batch
though. An IC clip would be my tool of choice.

> All suggestions welcome!
> Thanks everyone
> Jesse
>
> p.s. and thank you PIClister whose funny .sig I swiped.  :)
>
> --
> "There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary
> and those who don't."
>
        ^^^^^^^
Very nice! I may use that one myself...after a suficiently long period
that everyone forgets who used it first :]

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