Perhaps you can use a ZIF for the rewiring? Just place the dsPIC into a ZIF and use the adjacent pin*snap off* to rewiring to the correct pin in the demo board. John --- John Ferrell wrote: > I tried something like that a while back. > I had a Channel Master Antenna rotator with a remote > control that had a > toasted PIC in it that was only available in an OTP > package. It seemed like > a simple task to adapt a ZIF to allow an F device to > take advantage of the > PC board. > > It took quite a bit of time just to plan it. then > putting 40 (28 MIGHT be > easier) discrete wires in place between two sockets > is very messy and error > prone. I ran out of patience and shelved the > project. > > John Ferrell > http://DixieNC.US > > > > There, with that explanation, do you still see a > difficulty, other than > > just physically how to get it done?? > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist