just put in a 78L05 or do you want jelly on your toast?

michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Cousens <peter@COUSENS.HER.FORTHNET.GR>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Monday, March 30, 1998 12:00 PM
Subject: pic max voltage


>Does anyone know the max voltage you can run a 16c84 at ?
>
>I tried the other day, at about 8 volts it became unstable
>could this have been because it was misreading the eeprom ?
>I should try programming it at a higher voltage.
>But before I do, has anyone else done this ?
>
>It would be great if its possible to run direct from a 9 volt
>battery
>
>I am not bothered if the odd one gets fried in this application
>also as current drain will be very low I can use a large current
>limiting resistor of 330 Ohms or so in the supply line
>
>As a last resort suppose I could put a led in the supply line
>--
>Peter Cousens
>email: peter@cousens.her.forthnet.gr  phone: + 3081 324450, 380534
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>