Yes, all boards need some kind of 5 pin ICD connector!
I also design boards with 0603 jumpers on the Reset Capacitor, and 2 
programming pins to isolate them from their external connections.
I put a low value resistor there or solder blob when done programming.

Long live my ICD2 Microchip cheap debug frisbie thingy!

I am thinking ICD3 next?  I have an ICE 2000, never use it, too 
expensive to buy the modules!

To save pins,  like Wouter mentioned, you can stack several of those 
round Machine Pin sockets on a pic, but they cost almost as much as the pic?


On 5/9/2010 10:31 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>> Another Question , Do you guys recommend ZIF Sockets ? I have broken a few
>> pins on my different PICs and its costing me (about $4 now)
>>      
> If you want to ZIF yo will need two.
>
> A round-pin socket will act as a pin-saver.
>
> But the best option is not to move the chips at all. ICSP rules. Or
> maybe in bootloader disguise.
>
>    

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