Xiaofan Chen wrote: >> Olin is doing ICSP as part of a "test" step that is happening anyway; if >> you don't have as significant a test setup as he does, or don't have it >> set up to do ICSP in the same fixture, your numbers will come out >> different... > > We are doing the same. If we do ICSP, then the ICSP is part of the PCB > assembly test (generally in-array test) and it will be done in the same > test fixture. The problem is that this test set up is not as robust as > the off-line Gang Programmer programming. Xiaofan, what do you mean by "is not as robust"? Lesser quality programmer (could be fixed)? Connection problems (it seems that many people use pogo pin test beds for programming without problems)? Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist