> Is it really the simplest way to achieve my goal? Can it be
> done without loosing one pin (and resistor)?

Do you have two output pins that have an unused truth table
combination you could put through a logic gate ? For example
if the two pins are normally never high or low at the same time
you could AND or NAND them as a reset control. Maybe you
have a spare gate in the circuit ?

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