At 02:22 PM 3/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, I HAVE a load-resistor between +5V and GND (10K Ohm)  But it's kind
>of slow to power all the way down still!  I'm afraid to go to a lower value
>because everything runs through a +5VDC regulator (MAX is probably .5A).
>If I do the Maxim thing, do you think that should be the end of it?  I
>don't like the idea of my power not dropping to 0 even if my processor
>resets!

This is a typical PIC problem, esp the older (non-brownout) chips.

I like the Maxim SMT part.  TOKO and Panasonic have equivalent items I use
for prototyping in thru-hole.

Andy

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