> Was he ? I thought he just wanted to go faster than guaranteed spec....

Sirra, methinks thou doeth him an injustice.
Your bowmanship and strength of arm may yet exceed myne own.
I will not here proclaim upon the relative merits of our eyes and
brains in winnowing out the wheat from midst the chaff.

To whit.

> The dsPIC is rated to run at a maximum of 40 MIPS
> on 3 V - 3.3 V. Would running it with a 40 MHz crystal oscillator be
> safe? As in, would it be reliable to run the dsPIC at it's maximum
> rated frequency?

does only barely, if it doth at all, allow of the interpretation that
thou hast deigned to bestow upon it.

Think you not so?

The phrases "...with a 40...", and "... at its maximum" rather
suggest, it seems to me, the intent to find an acceptable limit, but
not exceed it. No?

Still in [OT] :-)


        R

back to work ... :-)
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