Out of Circuit Programmer

[Keith55555]

Does Melabs have a board whereby I can program the micro using my Melabs, USB programmer, before soldering in circuit? Starting out with an 8 pin SMD device.

[Charles Leo]

We've discontinued all but the DIP programming adapters. I think we still have a few of the 8SOIC adapters, but it doesn't fit most modern 8-pin SMDs.

You can build your own using the ICSP connection info at: http://melabs.com/support/icsp.htm

You should always design PCBs with in-circuit programming capability.

[Keith55555]

I do design all my prototypes with ICSP but this is for a product I'm putting in production. Small batches of 25.