yeah, i was trying to use a 6585... i did use the pLCC pinouts. i need to look into that some more though, cause i was thinking that maybe my pins dont match.. in expresspcb, when i click on a pin, it tels me the #, i think maybe its wrong, or it might be different than my socket, and that could be causing my problem..

nothing heats up anymore, i just lose voltage, and my "power" LED dims. maybe this PIC is shot from my mess up earlier, that its not allowing things to work now..

i put this project on hold for the weekend, im building a lightning trigger for my DSLR camera. sensor works great on the breadboard, im just trying to figure out my optoisolator to keep my circuit seperate from the camera... im using a 16F88 for this (i was going to use a SMT 12F675, but i have lots of room and lots of 88s).

im still thinking about my robot, so i didnt give up on it, so im open to any suggestions.. im trying to avoid making an adaptor to breadboard it first.