I want to build a simple PIC-based (16F84) square wave generator to
produce 5 volts p-p at 1 kHz, 2 kHz...1000 kHz. I thought of using a
CMOS PLL such as the 4046 with a divider by 1000 and feeding the PLL
reference from  a PIC output over the range 1 - 1000 Hz.

Has anyone done this more simply? Any help is welcome!

P.S. I also would like a bit of guidance on PIC power-down schemes that
draw less than a microamp when off (run from a 9 volt battery), and wake
with a change on port B. Microchip says it can be done with external
CMOS gates and a DMOS FET, but again I suspect that there is a much
cleaner way. Any ideas?
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