Config fuse i n PBP3.0 - PIC16F828A

[zilch99]

Hi , I'm new here, upgrading from stamp based projects as I've exceeded their limits.
Steep learning curve right now
Also having reg. CONFIG1/ #config issues, I think I have seen the answers here.
But:
When I see the word "fuses" I get nervous
Are these a pgm once and forever sort of thing? Or are these some kind of EEPROM that can be changed?
What I'm doing is developing a MIDI based product [serial 31.25 kbd.] but the internal 8mhz oscillator doesn't seem to get me that baud rate.
So I'm trying to use a 16meg external xtal instead Using PIC16F887

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
No need to worry, as long as you don't use OTP-parts the "fuses" are reprogrammable - just as the program flash.
Even if you set read and write protection you can always ERASE the PIC to get back to square one.

/Henrik.