Kevin A. Benedict wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying ICSP for the first time with a
> rats nest circuit, I found this page and
> it looks like a decent icsp circuit to me.
> http://www.sprut.de/electronic/pic/icsp/icsp.htm
> The circuit is half way down the page, does this
> circuit look ok, just wondering about the 200k
> resistor ?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>

The resistor is there to keep from jamming your 5V supply to Vss when
you hit the reset button and letting all the smoke out of the diode.
Has nothing to do with the ICSP part of the circuit, everything to do
with proper level on MCLR during normal operation.

--Doug

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