Hi,

I had the same problem - "Device not recognized". Last week I found
the reason: My capacitor between pin 18 and ground was only 100nF.
Replacing it with cap 470nF everything has started to work.

(I have built the PICkit2 -
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en023805
, http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/PICkit2%20User%20Guide%2051553a.pdf)

Martin

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