Gotcha, thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick C." To: Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: MCLR? > IIRC, tying MCLR to Vdd will not allow you to In Circuit Serial Program > and will not allow you to send a reset to the PIC. If you plan to only > program in an external programmer, and your code will NEVER require a > hardware reset, tie it high, but that isn't what I'd do. > Rick > > Pic Dude wrote: > > > On a 16F872, and 16F84 for that matter, I've gathered that MCLR > > should be connected to Vdd during normal operation. However, > > some circuits I run across show this going thru a 1K or other > > resistor. Why is this? (I expect that there is a good reason for > > adding another component). > > > > Cheers, > > -Neil. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.