> Having just brushed up on my knowledge of the MCLR input,
> I'm now worried that I should have implemented an RC reset
> in my last PIC -based product rather than connecting it straight
> to Vdd: there is a lot of capacitance on the 5V rail in that circuit.
> Am I likely to run into trouble in practice? Comments?

If you think that there will be voltage stored in the MCLR cap
after Vcc has gone from the PIC then use a signal diode in
parallel with the R (a to MCLR, k to Vcc) to discharge it. Causing
MCLR to rise to Vcc after the Vcc pin itself is no bad thing, but
you could leave out the C and use the R as a pull-up. A link (0R)
is better as an R can allow Vcc glitches and noise through and
possibly cause the PIC to reset

> Never stop learning...

Never stop aksing

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