The pogo pins we are using are gold-plated, 3A continuous current rated, 500K~1M cycles life time, and the tip is replaceable when it is wear out. They can be used for not only Microchip PIC programming, but also for some Atmel MCUs or any other MCUs which use 6 or less programming signals. Basically users have the freedom to defined the pin function all by themselves with the following design. http://www.auelectronics.com/forum/index.php/topic,42.msg107.html#msg107 http://www.auelectronics.com/products/system/bb0703/cbl-0703-pogo.html Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com http://www.AuElectronics.com/products http://augroups.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: cdb To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:28:56 PM Subject: Re: [EE]Pogo pin programming for PIC mcu. :: Slide these thru the holes on the board, then push the connector :: sideways a bit to make sure all the pins are making contact with :: their holes. Apart from copyright/patent problems, why not just add in two locating lug holes/pins to 'clip' the connector to the board similar to the Tag-Connect cables? Shame they are so expensive - ( sorry Don :) ). Colin -- cdb, colin@btech-online.co.uk on 18/08/2009 Web presence: www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=7988359 -- 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