Dr Skip wrote:

[Skipping RMW for the moment... :-) ]


> So the simpler question is, if the output bit is a 1 and you write a 1 to that 
> bit again, or a 0 and you write a 0, is there any transient on that bit?

Simple answer, no, there *should* not be.

> And 
> would it matter if done bit wise or as a byte?

Simple answer, no. Since the PIC can not write
a single pin! All writes to the port is byte wise,
even when using BCF/BSF. That is what many gets
bite by...

Jan-Erik.

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