----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Butler > This reminds me of a guy I talked to who was trying to put a Pentium II > in an oceanographic probe. He insisted that to get a "good" processor > reset it was not enough to ground the /reset pin. He connected the > /reset pin to a negative current source with a Schottkey clamp to pull > the pin below ground and flood the die with carriers to avoid a > "marginal" processor reset. > I though he was nuts, but I have never worked with anything bigger than > an 8086. I would likely agree with you. I'd want to see the data sheet before ever trying anything like that. While no data sheet is perfect, I'd be more likely to trust the manufacturer than some guy trying to get a "perfect" reset that way. Jeff -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.