Hi,
I am a newbie to PIC programming and electronics in general and just had a few questions - if this is not the forum, please let me know:
: What is the easiest way to connect a PIC16F84A (assuming no input or output PINs are used), just to get it ticking? : Can PIC16F84A be used with 20Mhz oscillator? : A lot of diagrams make use of two capacitors connected to the two PINs (OSC1/OSC2) of the oscillator - why is this necessary? : Is the PIN connection of the Oscillator to OSC1/OSC2 on the PIC important - can it be reveresed? : Do I always need to connect a pull-up or similiar device to the MCLR PIN? Is there no way on PIC16F84A config to disregard MCLR pin (I have looked but not found anything in the configuration bit - unless I have got a inaccurate datasheet)? : Can someone explain grounding in context of a simple variable Voltage DC adapter - meaning - the socket into which the adapter plugs has three pins - one for postive one for negative and one for ground - is negative and ground connected to each other? Most sketches only show the ground symbol or a 0V? Thanks for the help.
Regards Carl Meyer