Quote Originally Posted by BobbyA View Post
The less part is that I'm required to press the reset button to get my program to run, where the original development board firmware executes on powerup.
Any suggestions where to start looking ?

Thanks,
Bobby
Hi Bobby A,
I agree with you about the books and manuals ability to convey everything a newbie needs to learn, they basicly blow! This forum is very helpful, very many smart people here!
For the problem above try putting a capacitor of say 1uf from the reset pin to ground. the time it takes to charge through the resistor you have going to B+ will allow the PIC to stabalize on start up. It seems some individual pic chips need this, I do not know why . . . maybe est damaged? Just curious are the chips you are using samples?
JS