Haven't been following closely, so hopefully I'm not repeating, but you may have a poor connection in the circuit. Make sure all conductors are in place and secure, especially grounds. David > -----Original Message----- > From: Olin Lathrop [mailto:olin_piclist@embedinc.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:39 AM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [PIC] Annoying Electric Field? > > solarwind wrote: > > My question is why is this happening on my breadboard but > on on my low > > pin count demo board? > > Finally the right question instead of trying to tell us why > we're wrong. > > I haven't looked at the low pin count demo board and don't > plan to, but I > suspect that there are pullups/pulldowns on the appropriate > pins, MCLR is > properly driven, and the power supply is properly bypassed > and regulated. > Do they have a pulldown on PGM? > > > ******************************************************************** > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products > (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist