I have used a 16F84 with that kind of battery, and had no problem at all. Don=B4t know about F627- Gabriel.- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gaastra" To: Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:53 PM Subject: [PIC]: Anyone run PIC on 6V lithium camera batts? > I'm using a PIC16F628 powered by 6V lithium batteries (KL2CR5). > When new their open circuit voltage is 6.5V. The max Vcc in the > specs for a 628 is 5.5V. I use two 1N4007 equivalents to drop the > battery voltage down to below this. Does anyone ignore the spec > and use just one diode or no diode at all? > > I didn't use a switching supply because I was pushed for time. The > device has to last 5 years on a battery and I didn't want to spend > time calculating which would be the best solution. > > > Paul Gaastra email:pgaastra@hortresearch.co.nz > BioEngineering Technologies, HortResearch > Private Bag 3123 phone +64 7 8584745 > Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND fax +64 7 8584705 > > > ______________________________________________________ > The contents of this e-mail are privileged and/or confidential to the > named recipient and are not to be used by any other person and/or > organisation. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify > the sender and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. > ______________________________________________________ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.