At 02:22 23/09/99 -0300, you wrote: >Hi >Is it possible to erase a windowed PIC with sun light ?? >How much do I have to wait ? Weeks I would say. Not good for your development cycle time. >Bye and thanks >Javier >PD I just bought a 12c509 shouldn4t it be erased ? The last location has a calibration value. Read the device and note down this value. You should program each time you burn the chip. Your first instruction at address 0000 should be MOVWF OSCCAL. This puts the calibration value to work trimming the internal R/C oscillator. Jim Regards, Jim Robertson NEWFOUND ELECTRONICS ________________________________________ Email: newfound@pipeline.com.au http://www.new-elect.com MPLAB compatible PIC programmers. ________________________________________