Dwayne Reid wrote...

>Sometimes I *really* hate the lack of face-to-face nature of mailing lists
>- subtle nuances that are ASSUMED by the sender are completely invisible to
>the reader.

Amen to that; see below.

>The problem is that someone copying the ICD sees a LED and just assumes
>that all LEDs behave the same.  Then, when the ICD doesn't work because
>they grabbed any old LED from their junk box, they accuse the designer of
>incompetence.

I wasn't saying that the ICD's designer was being incompetent; I
was saying that Microchip was being cheap.

That ICD, in my opinion, is one VERY clever device and has been
worth every one of the 15,900 pennies I paid for it--except, that
is, for the 19 pennies that Microchip could have spent giving me
a decent voltage reference.  :)

>I'm trying to set the record straight: LEDs make acceptable
>references for some applications.

Agreed.

Dave

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