On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 10:29:03AM +0000, James Padfield wrote:
> > > When you say "adversely affected" do you mean that the chip failed to
> > > program/run correctly, or that the chip was actually damaged?
> >
> >The former. It wouldn't program correctly.
>
> Ok, so I'm not going to damage the PIC if I don't. I'll probably experiment,
> try it with and without the pull-down, and see what happens. I'll let you
> all know the results.
>
> > > Just curious,
> > > as the LVP pin will not be pulled low on the standard NOPPP hardware.
> >
> >I'd do it just as a precaution.
>
> Directly to GND, or via a resisitor do you think?

I've done both. It doesn't seem to matter. The resistor is a precaution
since the pin can be configured as an output. But since the programmer usually
doesn't have an osciallator connected, I can think of any real senarios where
it could get there. BTW I usually ground OSCIN on my programmers too.

BAJ

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