It's like a daddy long legged spider. Rip off a leg and they still walk
away (depends on how many). I have several JW pics with burned ports. I
mark the pin with a black marker and make sure if I use that one, I avoid
that pin (thus I end-up with alot of PIC designs that don't use a specific
port). As long as you don't fry it all the way back to the processor logic,
you can keep using the pic.

[I do not reccomend, nor do I support those who rip legs off spiders]


At 11:59 AM 12/21/99 -0300, Mauricio Jancic wrote:
>        Well, acording to the subject you may think this is an [OT]
message, but it's not. I've this cuestion that keeps me awake all nite.
>        When you accidentaly burn a PIC, what happend to it. What I mean?
Well, I mean what happends to the I/O ports. For example, if I make a pic
output and I put a logic '1'  on it, it will cook, so, what up then! Is it
going to keep working as output??
>        I'll apreciate anyone who have passed through this and can tell me
the answer.
>
>        Thanks, in advance, Mauricio Jancic
>
>PS. I'm refering specialy to the PIC17C7XX series!
>
>
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