Olin Lathrop wrote:
> >You can use the PIC_CTRL program to see if the EasyProg can drive the 
> lines
> properly.
>
>  pic_ctrl -vdd 5
>
> should make Vdd go to 5V, and -VDD 0 should make it go to 0V.  -VPP works
> similarly except that only 13 and 0 are legal values.  You can use the 
> other
> options to make sure the clock and data lines can be wiggled too.  You 
> may
> want to short the debug jumper else the PIC_CTRL setting may only last 5
> seconds before everything goes back to off.
>
> If all the voltages can be wiggled from the programmer and the levels 
> look
> right, then try putting 47pF on the PGD and PGC lines as close to the 
> target
> PIC as possible.  This often makes a difference, especially with dsPICs.
.
OK.  I'll report back tomorrow on the results  Right now, my child bride 
is making demands on my time, because her pottery kiln is not doing what 
it is supposed to do.  It is tripping a 60 amp breaker, at 220 volts.  
Takes a lot of power to turn that silicon into glass, I guess!  So I 
have to remove my PIC hat and put on my electrical-contractor hat. Talk 
about contrasts in thinking . . . (5 VDC and a few milli-amps, and then 
suddenly switching to coping with 230 VDC and 60 amps!!)

John


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