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Introduction to Microcontroller Programming
About PICmicro Chips
Clocking Your PICmicro Devices E-Blocks Flowcode Step By Step
PICmicro Projects
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Using ZIF Sockets<^< Sharing a Port | Course Index | E-blocks Boards >^> It is possible to use Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) sockets with the E-Blocks PICmicro Multiprogrammer and other programmers in the E-blocks range. ZIF sockets are useful where the chips will be removed from the programmer many times. ZIF sockets are available from many vendors and can be inserted into the DIL sockets on the upstream boards. Some E-blocks boards may have other components close to the DIL socket in question. If this is the case then you can simply insert additional DIL sockets to gain enough height so that the ZIF socket can be satisfactorily inserted. Matrix Multimedia sell a PICmicro microcontroller programmer with ZIF sockets this can be found here.  <^< Sharing a Port | Course index | E-blocks Boards >^> |