A little question: I'm doing a little "prototype lab" for the pic 16F84. Just a NoPPP= programmer, with a key to take the programmer off circuit, and a MAX 232 A= in the same box, for RS232<>TTL shift. I want to have a little "box" with= two cables coming out of that: PIC data lines and TTL from the MAX 232. It= will form my "portable devstation" which I can use at my work. The little question: Can the cristal/capacitors still be connected while= the PIC is being programmed? Or should I take it off while programming? Thanks ;o) ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- Alexandre Souza taito@terra.com.br http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/ ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads