Apply 230 Vac between pin 14 and 5. Polarity does not matter :) Pailoor John Craft wrote: > Well, with some of the self-destruct ideas recently put forth, YES, the > 16F84 is easy to crack, split in half, be explosively vaporized, > electrically eliminated like "shooting buck shot through a watermelon", > but as Mark Willis so eloquently put it "Explosives are more fun". > > Jc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Craig Lee > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 11:23 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: A customer asks: Isn't the 16F84 easy to crack? > > What is the consensus of the group? > > Craig