> > A lot of hobbyist projects are wire wrapped, assembled 
> point to point,
> > on stripboard, or homemade PCBs.  In all of those cases, 
> allowing for
> > ICSP can add more complexity than it removes.
> > 
> > I'm not sure why dip-clips...
> 
> But doesn't (in curcuit use of) dip-clips add the same
> complexity (if any) as any other variant of ICSP ??
> It's it just another, slightly different hardware solution, not ?

two different points:
1) your circuit must allow for ICSP (MCLR, RB6, RB7, etc)
2) the physical realisation must allow for connection of the programmer

A DIP clip makes 2) trivial (provided that you use a DIP chip). I think
the above OP talked about 2). Of course the 1) aspect remains.

Wouter van Ooijen

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