Hello all,

Newest can't-believe-microchip-did-that discovery: even when using 
high-voltage in-circuit programming, one can't bulk-erase a chip unless 
Vdd is 4.5V.  I'm using an ICD2 in mplab.  There is no warning about 
this even though the ICD2 correctly reads the 3.3V I'm running 
everything at.

So you can program and single-step, but for any kind of development you 
can't work at 3.3V.

I just kludged in a way to switch the PIC Vdd to 5V without sending 5V 
to all the other 3.3V parts.  Xacto scraping and soldering wire-wrap 
jumper wires...

The programming spec data sheet for the part (PIC18F2320) clearly says 
4.5V for bulk erase.
How does one do normal development in a 3.3V system?
Am I missing something?

Do atmel parts have this ridiculous problem?

Thanks
Jesse

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