Herbert Graf wrote: > I apologize in advance if you're not talking about ICSP with PICs, but > if you're inferring ICSP with PICs doesn't happen below 5V, that's > simply wrong. > > The only reason you'd need 5V for ICSP is if you are code protecting > your part and need to do a bulk erase. Otherwise, any ICSP programmer > that allows for the target to supply power can theoretically support > ICSP below 5V. I know for a fact the ICD2 works perfectly fine > programming (and debugging) a part running at 3.3V without issues. Hey, that's great! I guess there must be some other reason I've never been able to make it work in the context I have that uses 3V (PICkit 2, various PICs, XBees, not much else). I'll look into it in more detail. -- Timothy J. Weber http://timothyweber.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist