AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Gardner" <bob.linda.gardner@...> 
wrote:
>
> As the OP here, I appreciate all of the responses.  My original 
> intent was just to save a little space on what I hope to be a fairly 
> small board...

I once had a similar decision to make and chose to provide 6 vias 
spaced 1mm apart and use a 6 pin 1mm Header to connect them for 
programming. I just plug the lins into the holes and cant the header to 
ensure contact. Worked for several hundred boards up to now without 
problem.

You can see the board at one of my my webpages 
(http://www.geocities.com/_wsw_) when you click at "AVR based" 
in "Electronics" and then scroll down to what I call the "TinyTimer".

Stefan