> There's a long-standing tradition of using a little three-terminal reset
> generator to make sure the PIC starts up properly.  I suspect there was
> some trouble with this many years ago and we just kept up the
> practice.   So what I'm asking today is if we all trust the PIC internal
> reset circuit to work reliably, every time.    Expected answers will be
> 'yes', 'no', and 'it depends'.    To help with the 'it depends' part,
> consider that we're using a "real" power supply, such as some off the shelf
> thing or maybe the one inside a PC.   As opposed to something homebrew, or
> something slowly ramping like solar power or a string of potatoes.

Is it Harold H.'s sig line that says "the ideal design has zero parts"?
If not, someone's does.  Good to remember, that.  I'm in the middle
of a swirling, festering pit of evil caused by a reset chip.

Mike H.
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