Can't get blink circuit to work :(

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Hi
I was hoping someone can help me with this.

I want to start using pics but I can't even get my blink circuit to work.

I have PIC basic pro
and I use micro code studio.

My programmer is from ebay

Hi Techbuilder,
ebay programmer is not too descriptive, which one, which software are you using. I use the cheapest ebay programmer, a JDM clone with Ponyprog(free). It came bundled with winpc or winpic, I do not remember, only that I couldn't get it to work with that programmer, although it rang all the bells and blew all the whistles . . . my point is , maybe you really are not programming the PIC at all. After programming, read the program back and see if it is there, if not maybe you are not connected to the port your programmer thinks it is.
Now if you are programming, then next check your hardware, use a DVM, VOM or VTVM, an led or any other suitable method to check the pin connection of your PIC to the wires you have pushed into the proto board, I have been tripped up numerous times due to defective proto boards, after taking one apart I understood why, wear and corrosion made the connections bad.
JS