On 6/18/08, David Meiklejohn wrote: > This makes me wonder (please note - I am NOT advocating this, I don't want > to do it - it's just curiosity), has anyone here tried "overclocking" any > PICs? How did it go? What speeds did you achieve? > > Again - just to be really clear before I'm jumped on, I'd never suggest > doing it in any application you want reliability from - and that includes > hobbies. I'm just wondering how much "safety factor" is in the specs, in > practice. > For example, we can use the 3V3 18LF4550 on the Explorer 16 demo board running at 48MHz even though the spec says that you can run the core only at up to 20MHz at 3V3 (for USB only 16MHz). http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=338210 I would not use it for a real project. But it runs fine at home. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist