I mean that my uC will 'hang' if I turn on/off my room's lamp (neon) when I go out (I want to test running my uC for long time). _______________________________ Lauw Lim Un Tung Pecindilan 5/14 Surabaya 60273 INDONESIA phone : 062-031-318895 e-mail : tung@peter.petra.ac.id _______________________________ On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Brent Miller wrote: > Lauw: > > You mentioned that you are controlling a neon lamp. These > lamps require a high operationg voltage (70 to 100V if I > recall). How are you interfacing the high voltage to the > PIC? When the lamp is off, the voltage on the PIC output > must not be allowed to go above Vdd. Could this be your > problem? > > Brent Miller > Hal Computer Systems > Campbell, CA >