Funny NYPD wrote: > well, if you can solder the chip on the adapter board, what has > prevent you from directly solder the chip to the actual board? The fact that he would make the actual board, whereas the adapter was made by a real PCB house that can easily handle such dimensions. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist