On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:12:15 +0000, you wrote: >On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:51:20 -0800, you wrote: >>- Is the in-circuit programming of the 16F627A the same hookup, = voltages and algorithm that the picstart plus uses? >>(can I just jumper over the 5 pins needed for in-circuit programming = from the picstart plus?) >> >I did that for a 16F74 and it worked fine. Make sure you don't have any >electrolytics or tantalum capacitors on the VDD line to the PIC, the = picstart >doesn't have the power to charge those fast enough. if Vcc is loaded, you can supply an external 5V for Vcc and this usually = works OK, for all but the 8-pin devices, which need VCC on/off control. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads