At 16:09 3/07/99 -0500, you wrote:


Make sure that either the LVP config bit is programmed as '0' or ensure
that port b.3 (pin-36) is grounded at all times.

Tony, are you reading this? This may well be why your 16F877 emulated a
piece of plastic. I have been thinking about this for a while.

Jim



>Guys,
>    I have successfuly gotten a 16F84 up and running and made an attempt
>at getting
>a 16F877 up, but I'm stumped.
>
>The pic is programmed correctly (verified using a protoboard, I am
>blinking Port D.0 through D.2)
>
>I wired it up using the same "concept" as the 16F84:
>    OSCin/OSCout (pins 13/14) to a Crystal (same crystal that I used on
>my 16F84, 10mhz).  With 22pf caps to ground.
>4.7k resitor to +5v on Pin 1 for MCLR.  +5v on pins 11 and 32 with a
>.1uf cap to ground. 12 + 31 to ground.
>I then wired pin 21 (Port D.2) to a 470 ohm to a led...
>
>    I don't see any voltage change on port D at all...as if either no
>clocks are running, or the chip is in reset... OR I
>don't know about something else I should have wired up... Anyone have
>any ideas?
>        -- Aaron
>
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