At 10.43 18/02/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Andrea wrote:
>>> Can a PIC be damaged if programmed as the wrong device? Both (real and
>wrong selected) devices were Flash PICs. <<
>
>If the incorrect device selection caused Vpp to be applied to the wrong
>pin, that could certainly damage the PIC.  This would be likely if the
>right/wrong PICs were of different pin counts.

No, I'm certain it's only a software (programming algorithm) thing.

I can't bulk erase the chip anymore (nor clear or modify any bit).. I'm not
crying for that chip, but I was really curious to know if the fault was caused
by that software mistake.

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