Try using a lower capacitor value if you are using a breadboard.


Daniel
Eagle Designs Corporation
Tel 503 492 2370    Fax 503 667 9613
info@eagledesigns.com

-----Original Message-----
From:   Ben Roothooft [SMTP:Ben.Roothooft@ESAT.KULEUVEN.AC.BE]
Sent:   Wednesday, May 14, 1997 5:15 AM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Reset trouble (??!?!)

I am having the following trouble :

I programmed the PIC16C74 with a VERY
simple test program on a VERY simple
testboard. I use a 2Mhz crystal in XT
mode (C values according to the data
sheet values, 22pF).
The trouble is that when I turn on the
power and hold the reset low, I see a
nice sine wave at the CLKOUT pin. When
I release the reset button however, it
seems to disappear.

What could be wrong ?

(By the way, how sensitive is the PIC
to electrostatic disharge...)