Due to other commitments, and the fact that I spend most of Sunday up to my elbows in ferric chloride sludge, progress on my two current projects, PIC programmer and new clock has been rather slow. However, I’ve managed to etch one of a set of four double-sided PCB’s that I’ll need for the PIC programmer. The board has now been drilled and populated.

Over this week, I’ll hopefully get some time to hook it up and prove that my idea for this new programmer will actually work – what could possibly go wrong :(

For those that are interested, I'll also post details on how to make double-sided PCB's in the home workshop. It's been a little bit of a learning curve but it's not rocket science if your careful.