Post by thread:8-pin ZIF - do they exist?

Somebody, who is doing a project with a PIC12C508, asked me if I could get an 8-pin ZIF. I laughed. I don't believe such a beast exists. Do you know any better? Regards, Frank Cembrola -- PIC-KIT - The Effective Way to PIC Prototyping http://www.a-f.u-net.com/home.htm spam_OUTfrankTakeThisOuTa-f.u-net.com

Frank, >Somebody, who is doing a project with a PIC12C508, asked me if I could >get an 8-pin ZIF. I laughed. > >I don't believe such a beast exists. Do you know any better? The smallest I've seen is 14 pin ZIF. Best regards, Steven Steven Kosmerchock Engineering Technician/Student CELWAVE Phoenix Arizona USA Email: .....steve.kosmerchockKILLspam@spam@celwave.com http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/lab/6584

Frank Cembrola wrote: > > Somebody, who is doing a project with a PIC12C508, asked me if I could > get an 8-pin ZIF. I laughed. > > I don't believe such a beast exists. Do you know any better? Prolly not. The smallest ones Textool makes are 14 pins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Westfall N6KUY xyzzyKILLspamacm.org .....mwestfalKILLspam.....odc.net http://www.odc.net/~mwestfal Linux religious dogma: "The Gates of Hell shall not prevail." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

14 pin in DIL, but in the UK Farnell do one for 8pin gullwing smt -----Original Message----- From: Frank Cembrola <EraseMEfrankspam_OUTTakeThisOuTA-F.U-NET.COM> To: PICLISTspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU <@spam@PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Date: 11 March 1999 19:07 Subject: 8-pin ZIF - do they exist? {Quote hidden}>Somebody, who is doing a project with a PIC12C508, asked me if I could >get an 8-pin ZIF. I laughed. > >I don't believe such a beast exists. Do you know any better? > >Regards, > >Frank Cembrola > >-- >PIC-KIT - The Effective Way to PIC Prototyping >http://www.a-f.u-net.com/home.htm > >KILLspamfrankKILLspama-f.u-net.com >

Frank, you can get universal zif sockets, anything from about 16 dip upwards. The 8 pin dip will fit into anything below a 24 pin? (I think) anyway (universal or otherwise). The picstart has a universal 40 dip - what I'm saying is, you get them smaller, maybe not down to 8, but you can use a universal zif for the 8 dip. Does that make sense? mmm. Too little sleep over the last few days. Cheers Roland {Quote hidden}>Somebody, who is doing a project with a PIC12C508, asked me if I could >get an 8-pin ZIF. I laughed. > >I don't believe such a beast exists. Do you know any better? > >Regards, > >Frank Cembrola > >-- >PIC-KIT - The Effective Way to PIC Prototyping >http://www.a-f.u-net.com/home.htm > >RemoveMEfrankTakeThisOuTa-f.u-net.com >

|Frank, you can get universal zif sockets, anything from about 16 dip |upwards. The 8 pin dip will fit into anything below a 24 pin? (I think) |anyway (universal or otherwise). The picstart has a universal 40 dip - what |I'm saying is, you get them smaller, maybe not down to 8, but you can use a |universal zif for the 8 dip. Does that make sense? mmm. Too little sleep |over the last few days. Of course, fitting a 28-pin ZIF into an 8-pin on-board socket is a little tricky... ...but not impossible. On the older Aries units, it's possible to convert the bottom of the sockets from 0.6" row spacing to 0.3" by disassembling the socket and swapping the left/right pins. The new- er sockets seem to use a rivet instead of a screw to hold the unit together, though. :-( [As for the length problem, just stack a bunch of 8-pin machine-pin sockets to get the needed height clearance off the board. :-)