Yupp ... MCLR must be at programming level before the uC's core is (fully) powered up. -DS Monday, November 08, 1999, 1:18:41 PM, you wrote: DIB> Hi, DIB> I think yes. I vaguely recall the checking for VPP happens somehow at DIB> power-up (that's why the minimal increase speed for VPP has been DIB> specified). DIB> Imre DIB> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Edson Brusque wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a PIC16F84 running with its MCLR pin wired to VDD (+5V). If I >> wire it to VPP (+12V), it doesn't stop. Is it normal??? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Brusque >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> | | || |\| | || || |\|\ Edson Brusque :-^= (brusque@flynet.com.br) >> | | || ||| | || || |||| Musician, Tech Consultant, Programmer, Developer >> | |_||_||| |_||_||_|||| Blumenau / SC / Brazil / Earth / Solar Syst / >> Milk... >> | \_\\_\|| \_\\_\\_\||| Giro In'Italia homepage: www.flynet.com.br/giro >> | | | | | | | || C.I.Tronics Lighting Designers: www.citronics.com.br >> |__|__|__|__|__|__|__||----------------- ICQ# 15937748 --------------------- >> \__\__\__\__\__\__\__\| The SoundFont Users Group Mailing List is at >> ----------------------| http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/6619/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Computer instruction and/or message: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.