Hoping someone can guide me with this one.

I'm using a VND600SP-E driver (datasheet - http://tinyurl.com/nosg3go) with=
 a PIC18F2550 (+5V supply) to drive some 12V solenoids. The driver is conne=
cted as follows:
Pin 1 - Solenoid 1
Pin 2 - Solenoid 1
Pin 4 - Solenoid 2
Pin 5 - Solenoid 2
Pin 6 - Ground
Pin 8 - Drive signal from PIC for Solenoid 2
Pin 8 - Drive signal from PIC for Solenoid 1
The Tab is connected to +12V

As soon as I command either of the drive signals to go high, the driver out=
put goes high, everything heats up (driver & PIC) & the inputs go to 12V. T=
he driver is destroyed, though the PIC survives. (don't know that I'd trust=
 it now though.)
The only load connected at this point is a 4K7 on series with an LED.

I connected a new device on breadboard with the same result. I did not have=
 the current sense outputs connected to ground via a 1K as suggested by the=
 datasheet, so maybe thats my problem. I can wire up a new one to test this=
 theory, but I'm on my last device. so I'm hoping someone can step in with =
some words of wisdom before I destroy that one as well.

Thanks,

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