on the bootloader I use melabs loader and it will work with either. regards Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "rad0" To: Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: [pic] : mclr versus cycling the power > alright, you guys got me interested in building a hobby board... > > in my solderless breadboard circuits, I just have a 4.7k resistor from mclr > to +5vdc > > I think the data sheet tells you to take mclr to ground, to reset the pic, > true? > > if so, what is the difference between doing this and recycling the power? or > is a reset exactly the same as powering off then on? > > > second. can you use a reset, to get bootloader programs to load up?? > (I have always been using a power reset?) > > thanks for any lumination... > > > so far, a printed circuit hobby board for me would be a big > improvement if it just had the pic and the power supply, so that's > what I'm doing. a 7805 with a capacitor, a power led and resistor and a > switch. > and the pic with the registers going to a socket where I can jam a > solderless > breadboard connector wire...and I use rb6 and rb7 thru resisters for > programming > via bootloader and rs232 feedback > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.