I finally got the boards made and populated and mostly assembled in a case..
lots of work to do yet..
I'm having problems programming the hex file into the pic16f628. I tried the original hex file and also tried compileing the file with mplab and get the same results.
When I program it i get a verify failed!! using picpgm with jdm programmer.
Its not the pic or the programmer as I can program other hex files to the ic and they verify fine.
will try again this weekend..
l8r...