On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Brendan Moran wrote:

>I had a thought on this.  It should be possible to multiplex Vdd with
>MCLR.  A diode/capacitor combination on-chip could keep the processor
>powered up for very short periods of time while MCLR was asserted.

Then a two pin PIC would be enough, the capacitor could be internal. After
all they make RTCC chips with a crystal and battery inside so why not.

Peter

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