Problem to set internal oscillator in pic16f676!

[PCM programmer]

The internal oscillator can only run at 4 MHz on the 16F676, so it
doesn't need a setup_oscillator() function. Enable the internal
oscillator by using the INTRC or INTRC_IO fuse setting, as shown below.

[joaojprf]

Thanks,

The problem is solved.

João Paulo.

[sahu77]

[Ttelmah]

The commonest reason for this, is that you have done a full erase on the chip.

The internal oscillator, _requires_ a calibration value to be stored in the last location of the program memory. The code will automatically call this location as it starts to load, which should return with the factory programmed calibration value. If this instruction is erased, the chip won't run.

Most programmers have an option to 'save calibration value', which automatically reads this value, and writes it back whenever the chip is erased.
Read the chip in your programmer.
Look at the last two bytes in program memory. These bytes should not be empty. If they are, you have incorrectly fully erased the chip.

You can get it working again, but with the oscillator 'uncalibrated', by writing the pattern 0x0D80 into the last two bytes of program memory (either directly with your programmer, or use a #ROM instruction). 80 is the LSB (first byte in memory).

In future, see if your programmer has the 'save calibration value' option (all that I know of, do), and enable this, to stop it happening again.

Some programmers (Mach-X for example), have an option to automatically re-calculate a working value with reasonable calibration. Otherwise you can gently adjust the value using a timing loop, till the chip is once again 'calibrated'.

Best Wishes

[sahu77]

[Ttelmah]

Yes.
However I prefer to fix it by just doing it via the programmer. Problem is that if you add this #rom to your code, and forget to remove it, you will destroy the calibration value in _all_ chips you program with this code..... :(

Best Wishes