Hi Danjel,

Before putting the capacitors, reduce the pull-up resistor on RB6 and RB7
to 2K2. After this if you still have problems writing the the chip, add the
capacitors.
The software works on both Win3.1 and Win95 and I hope Win98.

Regards,

Octavio
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Octavio Nogueira  - e-mail:   nogueira@mandic.com.br
http://www.geocities.com/~oct_nogueira
"ProPic" Production PIC Programmer Windows under US$20
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-----Mensagem original-----
De: Danjel McGougan <danmc458@STUDENT.LIU.SE>
Para: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Data: Quinta-feira, Março 26, 1998 11:55
Assunto: Propic programmer question


>Hi!
>
>I've built the ProPic programmer from TOTO, but I have a question
>concerning the capacitors that are mentioned on the home page. It says you
>should put 470 pF caps from RB6 and RB7 to ground and that it's not on the
>PCB.
>
>What does this mean? Where should you connect the capacitors and what
>happens if you exclude them?
>
>I also wonder about the programming software that accompanies the
>programmer. Can this software run under win95 or NT or is Win3.11 the only
>choice?
>
>I'd really appreciate any help on this matter.
>
>Regards,
>Danjel McGougan
>