I do something similar, but I output a b'10101010' so I can really tell
if the pins are responding and not just shorted.

Josh

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"A.J. Tufgar" wrote:
>
> I usually setup a pic I know that's working with a simple program like
> this:
>
> movlw 0
> tris PORTA
> tris PORTB
> CLRF PORTA
> CLRF PORTB
>
> MOVLW b'11111111'
> MOVWF PORTA
> MOVWF PORTB
>
> loop
> goto loop
>

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