Michael Curtis wrote:
> Further testing reveals this: using either pikdev or picprg seem to
> mess up the chip so that it can no longer be programmed.  The chip
> needs a complete reset (power off, wait 30s, power on) before it will
> behave itself, only prog84 will then talk to it.  As these programs
> previously worked, I'm guessing that these two are allowing my program
> to briefly start* before going into program mode, which causes the
> hardware to act "strange".  Is this even possible?  I'll test by
> reflashing the chip tomorrow but it's late downunder now.

Are you remembering to hold the PGM pin low during high voltage programming?

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