> can I do ICSP with my picstart plus?

Hi Jason, yes

http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/picstartplusicsp.htm

The 10F is a little trickier though. For the prototype I'd suggest
breaking connections to the rest of the circuit with a switch, as
outlined in the page above. By using small pads this needn't take
up too much room on a PCB. Alternatively you could mount one
in an 8-pin socket and treat it as the DIP version. If this were
to be a production run, maybe try this ; have pads for ICSP
and use pogo pins. The pads would be split, ie two semicircles
close together isolating the PIC from the circuit. After programming,
by pressing the pogo pins on the PIC-side contacts, simply put a
blob of solder down to bridge the two semicircles. At some later
time you could wick the solder off to re-program

Whether you could ICSP without going to this trouble depends
on what the PIC is attached to. I think the PS+ has only logic
drive, but whatever, it's not designed for driving circuits. Best not
to risk it.

I've recently acquired an EasyProg (yet to fire up the s/w), as it's
faster and can drive harder than the PS+, but I would still use the
PS+ for ICSP when situations permitted it

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