SM Ling wrote: > uF Capacitor to VCC or VDD line ? I had tried a 100nF bypass cap at the target chip. This reduced noise on Vdd, but had no effect on the symptom. You can't put a large cap on Vdd because it needs to be switched. You would either have to add a large timeout whenever Vdd was changed (which I did anyway as a test) or measure it, which my circuit can't do. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body