> That is my experience also; I have hundreds of 'F452 boards
> in the field,
> all with a floating RB5, all programmed fine with a standard Microchip
> ICD-2. Mind you, I'll be putting a 10k from RB5 to GND on the
> next rev of
> the pcb...

I can not guarantee that floating LVP will cause a problem, and maybe it
was just on the early chips that supported LVP (16F628 was the first?),
but just like a 100nF cap on the power pins: it cost little and might
prevent a lot of trouble..

Wouter van Ooijen

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