Down and dirty way to use a SMD PIC with a DIP programmer?

[mister_e]

you can even use a clip on adapter then solder each wire to a regular dip socket.

Now you just have to clip your PIC in the adapter then press program. I do it every day when i want to read EEPROM dump in my radio decode purpose.

I talk about that kind of adapter... 3M do some great. Even you can found some in overstock places.
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ICSP is another way to go when design permit. No big money adapter needed. Only 4 testpoint on your target PCB. Then you use 4 wires from your programmer to your target PCB.