Thanks for the advice, but I haven't found a pin on the 'F877 designated LVP, I am not sure what you are referring to. I have also tried adding _LVP_OFF to the config word to no avail. Thanks, -Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heinz Czychun" To: Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Dead 16F876 > Hi all, > > For the seemingly dead 'F87x chips. Make sure the LVP pin is > held low, and not floating. This bit me when I tried one of these > newer chips. Mine came programmed for LVP mode and were very erratic, > until I grounded this pin. > > Heinz > > > At 4:32 PM -0400 7/19/01, David A. Gianna, MS, CCSE, ACE/ADM wrote: > >I have had the same problem - mind you, the PIC 16f876 is new to me -- > > > >I wrote a trivial program to blink an LED (the equivalent of print hello), and > >an even more trivial program to set all outputs on every port high. > >My logic probe does not show either high or low, so it appears to be > >tri-stated. > >I am using a single 8Mhz 3-pin resonator. > ........... > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body