On Thursday 06 February 2003 02:26 pm, you wrote:
> The jumper to Vcc is unnecessary really ... you should get into the
> habit of turning power OFF to your board before attempting to program
> it using ICSP. I still, as Wouter has said, do not see the point in
> the Diode in this circuit ??  And this is a simplified ICSP connector
> - there is usually a sixth ICSP connection to RB3/PGM pin (ICSP LOW)
> - rb3 should be LOW during ICSP programming for LVP to work properly.

I sent my other reply before he posted this picture.  I agree that the=20
diode seems unnecessary since you could just remove a jumper for the=20
/MCLR pin's Vcc connection also.  I mean, hey, what's one more jumper=20
if you already have to pull three?  ;-)

michael

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