On Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004, at 20:55 US/Pacific, Robert L Cochran wrote:

> What are the correct IC sockets to use for an 18 pin DIP-package PIC

It depends.  I'm not sure of the details, but mostly there seems to be
a tradeoff between ease of insertion/removal, vs reliability.
"Everyone" seems to like gold plated "machined pin" (?) sockets for
high reliability, but I assure you they are a real PITA to get chips
into and out of (especially for high pin counts.)  The dual-wipe
sockets seem to be a reasonable compromise...

BillW

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