AVR-Chat

At 07:38 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
>I have a lot of Mega-16 chips in TQFP 44 pin package that I want to
>program (before soldering them into a board).
>
>The programmer is not a problem (STK500 or AVRISP), but what do I use
>to physically connect to the chip for programming? I guess I'm after a
>TQFP ZIP socket.
>
>Peter
>


     Not sure how many is a lot, but.....
     If you already have a stk500 perhaps a stk501?

      Not the cheapest, but maybe the simplest.
     Then you also have the stk501 around for development.

      ISP can be handier if you have the room on your board (future designs).


-carl