Byron A Jeff wrote: > The other resolution is to simply give output pins enough time to settle > after a RMW instruction before issuing another. Of course this is dependant > on the capacitive loads that are connected to the port. But under normal > circumstances, a one NOP delay is usually enough time to give the pin to > settle to the same state as the port. In a minuter detail, registers are written to on the Q4 cycle and reads must have stable valid data on the end of the Q1 cycle, which is basicly 1 Q cycle time for stabilizing. -- Best regards Tony mICros http://www.bubblesoftonline.com mailto:sales@bubblesoftonline.com -- 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