> Consider what happens when you have a large capacitor (say 10uF for
> arguments sake) and you turn off the power to the PIC system. What is the
> lowest resistance for the capacitor to discharge through? The ESD
protection
> diode of course.

I don't think MCLR has a diode to Vcc due to the high voltage programming
feature.  However, that just means all kinds of other unspecified and
possibly damaging things can happen with a cap on MCLR.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
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