> Are there any capacitors to ground on PIC pins?  If so, these could have
> dumped significant current into their pins if the PIC supply got suddenly
> shorted.  That could kill the PIC.

Lets not forget that Decoupling capacitors at the Pic's supply lines are
most nessary if the powersupply doesnt have alot of filters.

Ripple can also kill the pic and therefore its nessary to Decoupling the Pic
close at its supply rails,
with a 100nF capacitor.

What i think happened was probertly a faulty wiring - hey i've done it alot
of times on breadboards ..


best regards
lasse madsen

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