Robert Rolf wrote: > I have also discovered that the SCK pin (16F876 0004 d/c) is VERY > sensitive to loading. In spite of the 20mA output spec, if SCK > has more than a few 100pf on it, the SPI will only provide 7 or > fewer data and clock bits. Hi Robert, Thanks for sharing your information as well. I'll have to run some experiments to check this out. I remember a post on the Microchip Forums in which a person was seeing 4 clock cycles on the SCK line instead of 8 during SPI transmission. Best regards, Ken Pergola -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body