Oh well that's good, you've nothing against me then. Nice to see a balanced considered response though. I'm sure you do things that really get my goat going but luckily you don't have to put up with my bile about them. On Wednesday 23 November 2005 00:07, Steph Smith wrote: > fight prejudice? i've got nothing against people who hunt vermin,but > breeding the things to shoot really pisses me off. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicholas Robinson" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:18 PM > Subject: [PIC] Connecting ICSP into application circuit > > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to work out how to connect ICSP from a programmer (the > > parallel > > one > > > shown on http://pikdev.free.fr/hardware.html) to a PIC18F2455 in the > > application circuit (adapted unchanged from the 16f one shown at > > http://www.alanmacek.com/usb/#Project_Hardware). I know very little about > > electronics. > > > > I know I need to connect the Vss line from the ICSP to the Vss on the app > > circuit, but should I also connect up the Vdd lines from the programmer > > and > > > the application circuits together? > > > > Also, is the MCLR pin on the pic dedicated for ICSP use or should it be > > connected in to the application circuit as well. > > > > RB7 and RB6 seems straightforward enough as I only need a couple of > > outputs > > > from the pic so I can avoid re-using these for anything other than > > ICSP!!! > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Nick > > -- > > > > Fight Prejudice - Fight the Ban (see www.countrysidealliance.org) > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- Fight Prejudice - Fight the Ban (see www.countrysidealliance.org) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist