Was there a reason for not providing bypass and spike protection for the PIC?
Rick

"Gustaf J. Barkstrom" wrote:

> One of my 16F84A's just died after some high duty-cycle running of stepper
> motors.

> The entire circuit, including motors, is using the same 5+/GND regulated
> power supply. PIC is RC clocked, and the power/gnd pins are not bypassed on
> either the PIC or the line buffer/drivers.

> I touched the PIC and about got a 2nd degree burn.
>

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