Mark Hanchey wrote 2012-02-11 16:12:
> I have a pic project that uses relays on several pins, none of the pins
> are programming pins. The problem I having is that anytime I program the
> chip, 18F46K80 , the relays switch on and off rapidly, this causes a lot
> of power spiking in the outputs connected and also doesn't do the relay
> life span any good either. Anyone faced this problem before ? I thought
> maybe raising the resistor value on the transistors driving the relays
> might work but wanted to get some input first.
>
> Are there pins on the pic that are less susceptible to having their
> inputs change while being programmed ? Currently it sounds like the
> relay is switching about 5 or 6 times during programming.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>

What type of "transistor"? Connected how?
What "resistor"? Connected where?
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