On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:02:04 -0300, Mauricio Jancic wrote: >It's an expression... I use a bunch of pics for development and their pins >eventually get damaged because of the insert-extract cicle... But not >ALLLLLL > You might want to try protecting your development chips by mounting the PICs in machine pin sockets. If a socket's pin gets damaged, you can replace the socket cheaper than you can replace the PIC. (The socket pins are more rugged and less likely to be damaged as well.) Regards, Bob -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu