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From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: 16F84A - 4MHz or 20MHz?


> >It doesn't cost as much to make a chip that will go 20MHz if you don't
test
> >it to 20MHz.
>
> Ok, I buy this.
>
>
> >On the other hand, they may have to do multiple tests are various
voltages
> >and temps to ensure 20Mhz operation across temp and voltage.
>
> Which still leaves us here: If the chip says 4 MHz, it may die in strange
> and unexpected ways, at anything higher than 4 MHz.
>

Exactly, so the moral is: DON'T RUN IT ABOVE 4 MHz!!

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> I wish someone from uChip would step in and make a definitive statement..
>
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