Yes, this amazed (and really annoyed me as a programmer designer and PIC
program author). Scenix use the oscillator pins, surely Microchip could have
come up with something using the OSC pins, MCLR and the existing programming
pins ?

Robin Abbott - robin.abbott@fored.co.uk

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Muhammad <milsumai@EXECPC.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: 23 October 1999 19:03
Subject: LVP of 16f877 (RB3/PGM)


> I do not know why Microchip would stick the Programming pin (RB3) in the
> middle of a port (RB0-RB7)...  Why not Bit7 of a port so you would
> read/write 0x00-0x7F?
>
> Anyway, if RB3 ceases to be a GenPurpose I/O, when you read the port,
> what does the Bit3 read as (0 or 1)?
> Is the lower nibble Octal and the upper nibble Hex?
>
> If I use LPV, I am going to redefine RB4-RB7 as RB3-RB6 so I can
> read/write 0x00-0x7F.  I will NOT call RB3/PGM this, I will refer it as
> PGM only.  Hence, PortB will become a 7pin port.  Less confusing.  What
> do you think?
>
> --
> Jason
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