Well,

I'd place a current limiting resisor on the base of the transistor.
Also, did you mean to use the RTS (Request To Send) pin as a reset ?




-----Original Message-----
From: PSL [mailto:psln@STARHUB.NET.SG]
Sent: 30 June 2002 06:30
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PIC]: Reset PIC using Com Port


Hi all

currently I am using the circuit in the attach file to reset my PIC by =
com
port.
Just to check is this method advisable and is there any better way.

regards

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