Issac, I do get a blip on the scope but no more. Thanks, rich! On 10/20/2015 7:54 AM, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: > Richard, > > > In this PIC for the analog inputs to be off, you must write 0x06 or 0x07 > to ADCON1, not 0x00. > > > Cheers, > > Isaac > > > Em 20/10/2015 10:15, Richard R. Pope escreveu: >> Issac, >> Nicola pointed this out and I changed CMCON from 0 to 7. There is >> still no activity on the en or r/s pins. Any more thoughts. >> Thanks, >> rich! >> >> On 10/20/2015 7:05 AM, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: >>> Richard, >>> >>> >>> Did you turn off the analog comparators? >>> If not, do that with CMCON =3D 7; >>> >>> If the comparators are not disabled, RA0 through RA3 become analog and >>> they are read always as '0'. >>> That would create RMW problem if you change each bit individually, >>> because this PIC doesn't have LAT register. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Isaac >>> >>> >>> Em 20/10/2015 09:36, Richard R. Pope escreveu: >>>> Issac, >>>> The problem is going to be in the configuration of the 16f877a. >>>> There is no activity on the en or the r/s pins. Argh! I thought that >>>> this might be the problem. The clock is running. I have every reason t= o >>>> believe that the pins are not set for digital I/O. Here is the setup >>>> statements: >>>> TRISD =3D 0; >>>> TRISA =3D 0; >>>> ADCON0 =3D 0; >>>> ADCON1 =3D 0; >>>> CMCON =3D 0; >>>> Any more thoughts on this? >>>> Thanks, >>>> rich! >>>> --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .