Hey that is so true. I recently did a PIC 18F design for Elektor magazine,
and my Weller WTCP iron showed me that the onboard programmer would blip
MCLR occasionally when subjected to a bit of EMC. I would never have noticed
it otherwise!

Peter Moreton
  

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Spehro Pefhany
Sent: 08 December 2004 14:46
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC] a good try in pic with pid to control temperature
ofsoldingiron

At 01:38 PM 12/8/2004 +0000, you wrote:


>The one claimed advantage for the Metcal that might make me use it over 
>a Weller is the lack of electrical noise at the tip from heater switching.

Hey, it's a "feature". The noise from the switching on the venerable WTCP
station will help detect severe EM susceptibility problems.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the
reward"
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