And there is a capacitor (100 nF) between vdd and vss pins??? Nic WH Tan wrote: > Hello Pete, > > Just to confirm one thing... PIC18F452 has 2 Vdd and 2 Vss pins. Have you > connected up each pair? > > Best regards, > > WH Tan > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf >> Of peteHVAC >> Sent: 09 August 2006 09:59 >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >> Subject: [PIC] ICD2 pinout help >> >> >> Hello, After setting everything up on another computer running >> Windows 2000 >> I managed to program a chip read it back and all was well. No errors found >> the >> 18f452 and reported all about it. Now for the part that's killing >> me. After >> this bit of success it's back to not finding the chips GRRRRRRRR. >> >> Could I be having some kind of funky ground problem? >> PC, ICD, brick supply, breadboard should all have a common ground? >> Should I call this ICD dead? >> >> I'm going to bed now. My head hurts :( >> Thanks, Pete >> >> PS. I installed Mplab 4.1. >> > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist