Augusto de Conto wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
> I have a very strange thing happending with my PIC.
> I mounted it in a proto-board and recorded a simple programa.
> At first it doesn't work.
> Waiting aprox. 1 minute, it beguins to work (sometimes).
> Sometimes, when I touch GND, it works again. Sometimes, not.
> It works when it wants...
> (I'm using a PIC 16F876-04 with a 4MHz XTAL and two 15pF
> capacitor)
> What can it be? How do I fix it? HELP!


If you are sure your code is ok, and the chip is connected to power, OSC
is working, MCLR is tied to VCC, then it's most likely floating inputs.

Tie unused pins to VCC or GND or set them as outputs.

Check that LVP fuse is disabled, unless you have RB3 tied low.
Check that DEBUG fuse is disabled.

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Tony

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