That may be true as well, but what I have observed (using PicKit3 with
MPLAB X under Ubuntu Linux) is that it resets the chip several times
each time that it actually wants to reset it. For example, if I click
on the "hold in reset" button in MPLAB X, it does not just stop my
code but rather stops and restarts (from the RESET vector) several
times within 1 or 2 seconds and then finally stops with the chip held
in reset. The same thing happens right at the beginning of programming
the chip. I do not know if this is specific to MPLAB X or the PicKit3
as I started using both of them at the same time. I had previously
used CCS's ICD and the earlier Microchip ICD and I did not observe
this same behavior with them.

Sean


On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
>> When does your code switch the relays on? I find that some pic
>> programmers (I am presently using a PicKit 3) reset the pic multiple
>> times before they actually begin programming.
>
> More accurately: *during* programming. Switching between the various
> programmable regions within a PIC, and sometimes going to the start of a
> region too, requires resetting the chip.
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