Bob Blick wrote:
> 
> Dr Skip wrote:
>> And if I was going to use the 16F887 in other one-off projects, but wanted to 
>> use the 40 pin dip (or other chips with or without the debugger but in dip 
>> packaging), and typically using the internal osc, what's the best setup to 
>> program the dip version? The demo boards are all the small square chips. Should 
>> I rework a demo board, or piggyback or ...? In other words, I'd use the dip 
>> chip for everything afterward.
> 
> The demo board has an SMD '887 on it. If you want to program DIPs you
> will need to put a 1x6 header connector on your target board or build a
> board with a socket and 1x6 connector on it.
> 
> But if you plan on using it as a debugger you'll want to put a header on
> your target board anyway.

I tend to use solderless breadboards to prototype things, so I made a 
little adapter that plugs into the PICkit2 and then connects to five 
color-coded solid-core wires that I can plug into my current breadboard 
project.

But if you're making PCBs, that 1x6 header is all you need.
-- 
Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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