PIC18F4850 will not oscillate

[IRQ_Diode]

Mark,
Although not completle shown on the schematic I posted, the MCLR is pulled-up with a resistor and a diode, and it also goes to the U2 Programmer. I have also set the meprog to HS as show in the attached picture.

Mackrackit,
The PIC18F4850.INC (file which is in the include statement of my *.asm) is as follows and it too sets up the oscillator to HS

;****************************************************************
;*  18F4580.INC                                                 *
;*                                                              *
;*  By        : Leonard Zerman, Jeff Schmoyer                   *
;*  Notice    : Copyright (c) 2008 microEngineering Labs, Inc.  *
;*              All Rights Reserved                             *
;*  Date      : 09/15/08                                        *
;*  Version   : 2.60                                            *
;*  Notes     :                                                 *
;****************************************************************
        NOLIST
    ifdef PM_USED
        LIST
        "Error: PM does not support this device.  Use MPASM."
        NOLIST
    else
        LIST
        LIST p = 18F4580, r = dec, w = -311, w = -230, f = inhx32
        INCLUDE "P18F4580.INC"	; MPASM  Header
        __CONFIG    _CONFIG1H, _OSC_HS_1H & _FCMEN_OFF_1H & _IESO_OFF_1H
        __CONFIG    _CONFIG2H, _WDT_ON_2H & _WDTPS_512_2H
        __CONFIG    _CONFIG3H, _PBADEN_OFF_3H & _LPT1OSC_OFF_3H & _MCLRE_ON_3H
        __CONFIG    _CONFIG4L,  _STVREN_ON_4L & _LVP_OFF_4L & _BBSIZ_1024_4L & _XINST_OFF_4L
        NOLIST
    endif
        LIST
EEPROM_START	EQU	0F00000h
BLOCK_SIZE	EQU	8

[mackrackit]

Are you picking the correct PIC?

Take a look at the inc you posted...

[IRQ_Diode]

Dave,

Good catch and it got me excited for a second there, but I just noticed that I have a typo on my thread title.

The PIC I have is the 18F4580, there is not such a thing as a PIC4850. I might be dislexic . THe file I posted is the correct one, so is the decription of the PIC on the schematic I posted.

Any other ideas? I am setting the "Fail-safe clock monitor" and "Internal External Switch over" options so the PIC can run from the internal oscillator while I get this external oscillator to work. But I have tried it all, so any fresh input from anyone, will really help.

[Bruce]

Read the PIC back with your programmer, then view the config window. Do the config settings it reads back match what you expect?

[mark_s]

Your config settings look good(screen shot). The U2 program has a pull down menu option which allows you to select between using the configs written in your code or from the config menu on the programmer. Try changing this setting and commenting your configs out of your code.

[IRQ_Diode]

Bruce,

I read back the configuration from the PIC, and it returned the following:

0000- 0200 1f17 8200 0081 c00f e00f 400f

Towards the bottom of the window, it has a 0xEB87. I can't really tell what this data means, so I am looking at the DS39622L document from microchip. But I really can't see how those two relate. Page 29, of the document shows the configuration bits and the CONFIG1H is located at 300001h.

Mark_s,

I changed the 18F4580.INC file to comment out the _CONFIG statements and recompiled. I also change the options to the meProg to not "Update configuration from file". I reprogrammed the device, but no luck. I read back the configurations bits and they are the same as above.

Any more ideas?

[IRQ_Diode]

So I made sense of the configuration read back results. And as I imagine the CONFIG1H is not being set by the U2 programmer.

CONFIG1H = 02 (HS Oscillator enabled)
CONFIG1L = 00 (default))
CONFIG2H = 1F
CONFIG2L = 17
CONFIG3H = 82
CONFIG3L = 00
CONFIG4H = 00
CONFIG4L = 81
CONFIG5H = C0
CONFIG5L = 0F
CONFIG6H = E0
CONFIG6L = 0F
CONFIG7H = 40
CONFIG7L = 0F


The configuration file seems to be correct. Can anyone make sense of what is going on?. I have two cards behaving exatly the same.

[Bruce]

When you read the .HEX from the PIC with your programmer, just click the C to view the config settings embedded in the .HEX file. Like you did in post #4.

If it reads back with the settings you expect, then I would have to suspect a bad oscillator, caps, or something in the external osc circuit causing a problem.

Double check those SMD caps to make sure they're not resistors...;o)