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I am delighted to report success! Well, sort of. Richard - you started me thinking about a possible hardware issue so I started snooping around with my meter. On the LCD pins, I was seeing some very...

Not using the serial LCD

I do realize there are two sockets - i am using socket B, and I can flash an LED so I think it is set up correctly

i set my pins to digital using cmcon=7 , but I think that only sets Port A to digital. By default, is port B digital? Do I need a command to do that?
I will try your code again tonight - thank you...

Could the fuse settings be an issue? What software do you use to program your Easypic7? I could not get microcode studio to work with it - it does not seem to be able to find the board.

My connections are just like you printed

Sorry abt the second thread - just getting frustrated!
I did try your code but did not work - I know your code must be solid so maybe it is a fuse setting or a hardware issue?
I am using PBP...

Yes I can flash an LED - no issues with programming or compiling this code - just does not work for me.

oops - correcting a typo and an omission - this is the code that I am trying

TRISB=0
CMCON = 7
DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_DBIT 0
DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 4
DEFINE...

my code looks like this:

CMCON = 7
DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTB
DEFINE LED_DBIT 0
DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 4
DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_EBIT 5
DEFINE LCD_BITS 4

It appears that the LCD is connected to Port B. I think by default the PIC 16F628A uses Port A. I just do not know how to tell the PIC to use Port B. What PIC are you using with Easypic 7? I was...

Does anyone have any experience with this development system using PBP? I am a newbie, and I am trying to use a Pic16F628A to write to the on board LCD screen. It appears to be connected to port B -...