Binu Pillai wrote: > everything fine ment as far as h/d is concerned everything is fine. and i > suppose if it is possible to communicate through the UART it should be > possible to bootload through the same UART. The only change is the > Package...I have made 6 boards and none of them have responded to the > Bootloading when i tried. Can you program the SMD processor somehow (like using ICSP)? Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist