Olin Lathrop wrote:

> In the end I've decided that my programmer is not suitable for in circuit
> programming, and will stop trying to make it do that.  It was designed to
> program a chip in its own ZIF socket, and it does that very well.

Thanks for sharing your results and techniques on this subject Olin.

I'm not sure if you are discouraged or not Olin, but let me try to give you
some positive feedback to help you out.

Don't give up.

Perhaps you could specify to users of your programmer that they need to keep
the cable length short.
You mentioned in your post that you were using a cable that is 20 inches
long.

I don't recall from your original post -- I'm not sure if you are using
*round* twisted pair wire cable or flat cable.
Maybe some experiments in the cable type would prove useful.

If you need some help doing some ICSP testing I would offer to spend some of
my time with your programmer.
Just let me know. You've helped me on the list and inspired me to switch my
methods and write relocatable code, maybe I could return the favor.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola

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