> Yes, the board is self powered, so I left the USB Vdd pin unconnected. Even so you will probably need to run a track from the USB Vdd pin to a cap= acitor with a discharge resistor so that the host will detect when you plug= in the USB, and also to a pin on the chip so your program knows when the U= SB is plugged in to enable the USB module. --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .