Was out for a week; catching up on old mail. Weird things can happen when you overclock: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/04/12/407562.aspx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David VanHorn" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [PIC] how to calculate if interrupt is required? >> The datasheet tells me that the max clock speed is (usually) 20MHz for >> my 16F-chips. What would happen if I, say, put a 100MHz clock to the >> PIC? Crapped up timing (as if the PIC was on drugs), or core meltdown >> due high currents (or similiar)? > > Sigh.. > > No, you won't kill the device, but you know those maximum clock rates > are there for a reason.. Even if it seems to function, there's no > guarantee that the next device will, or if all the instructions will > work, or that ANYTHING will work. When you color outside the lines, > you enter the land of "anything can happen". > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist