Are you powering the PIC on the protoboard, or by the PK3 ? There is an option on MPLAB to power the PIC by the programmer. Regards, S=E9rgio On 18 May 2012 00:03, Jason White wrote= : > Hello, I just recently got a PicKit 3 and some of the new(ish) > PIC16F1503 microcontrollers. I have the PIC hooked up correctly -as > far as I can tell at least. Power, data, clock, etc. all are hooked up > to the programmer on a solderless breadboard. When it comes time to > program the MCU the programmer does not detect the device at all > (device ID 0x00), when I put another MCU [a PIC16f690] in its place it > works just fine. I've tried both LVP and normal programming modes in > the IDE [MPLABX] to no avail. Just a note: I don't have any pull > up/down resistors in place, but I don't believe their needed. > > Since I'm rather new to this programmer I must be making some mistake, > if anyone has some tips or tricks to make this work it would be > greatly appreciated. > > -- > Jason White > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 A. S=E9rgio Sena www.antoniosergiosena.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .