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

[bartman]

That's a cool looking... thing. Would it also work on the clothes line?? :-)

Bart

[mister_e]

Would it also work on the clothes line?? :-)

Sure a bit expensive but could work. You know, i use some obsolete or 'too old' PIC on my pin board now... so why not using a test clip on a clothes line

3M do good one, but there's few other brand. Look digikey catalog or local supplier. I really like this method and, as i said, i use it daily to read/write from/to radio EEPROM when there's no testpoint on the PCB OR when the design do not permit to clip over them to read/write to them.

[bartman]

I found the clip in the Digi-Key catalog. It's about twice the money of the adapter.

Are you saying that I would just build my circuit with the SMD PIC in place then clamp this on and program that way?

I would solder the ribbon cable from each pin on the clip to the corresponding pins on a DIP socket, no other parts required?

What if I have not so great solder connections on my board and the clip doesn't fit well? Odds are they are not going to be fantastic joints with a tiny amount of solder. I don't have the proper equipment to make such a nice joint on something so small.

Bart

[Zeke]

I've done this with a 12F629 also. I just used the adapter that you show (or similar) that I picked up at Digi-key for about $8 CDN and held it down with a pencil while programming. I did end up soldering it to the adapter so that I could set it up in a prototype board which made it easier to re-program (over and over again!). When I was done, I just de-soldered it and put it in to my final circuit.

Good Luck!

[mister_e]

Well i was talking about to use that clip to program your PIC while not on the PCB ... to program before soldering on the PCB for the final step....but it could work... maybe not for the reason you said.

SO you can even leave some testpoint (or programming points... ) on the PCB, then solder few wire wich will goes directly to your programmer. That's more than feasable and allow to update your program if it needs to... one day or another.