On 5/17/2012 7:03 PM, 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 Do you have another 16F1503 chip that you can swap out ? Sometimes it=20 can just be a bad chip. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. I=20 had a dead 24X pic the other day and nothing I could do would make it=20 work with the programmer, swapped it out and circuit works fine now. Mark --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .