Hello CocaColaKid,

CCK>>It's strange that you say this because these are the results that I am running into. Even if I configure the port as an input it still take forever to start up.<<

Humm....It should be singing Dixie...

CCK>> Then when it does start I get random characters being injected into the serial output of the problem. <<

Ok, you may have a sync problem there. You may want to send a few nulls. to the serial to sync up the communication.

CCK>>If I drop a 4.7k resistor between it and +5V everything works great.<<

is your chip being turned on from 5 volts on another pin??? That 675 can run without the VCC connected up, and another pin connected to 5 volts.


Dwayne