On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>One step forward, next wall.
>
>I can now program a 16f87xA, but I can't get it to run on any
>combination of xtal (1..20 MHz) and caps (solderless breadbord only,
>22pF, 42pF) that I tried :(
>
>Note that a plain 16f877 did run on each of those combinations (with
>exactly the same program), and that the -A with an external oscillator
>runs OK.
>
>Any suggestions?

Check whether there is a difference in the osc programming between the
two. You may also have damaged the osc input with static. Try another chip
?

Peter

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