Mikebits
Well-Known Member
See why it helps to draw schematics. Can't see how you could heat up a 16F877 with a 10K on VDD though. Do you have decoupling caps? Both VDD & VSS connected? Stable regulated 5V?
Maybe it is current starved and oscillating? Who knows ???
Never used a PIC, do they go into wierd conditions with funky power?
Last CPU I designed with was the mobile pentium. Damn pain in the arse part.
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