At 08:46 AM 5/21/2012, Kerry Wentworth wrote:

> > If we believe Microchip (and we only have good reasons to) You=20
> MUST connect all of them EVEN JUST FOR PROGRAMMING!
> >
>And if we believe our lying eyes, we will see that only 1 VDD and 1=20
>VSS need to be connected!

Yeah - but its one of those things that can so easily bite you when=20
you least expect it.

Great rule of thumb: if you want the highest-possible reliability,=20
even when programming, do connect all Vss and Vdd pins to their proper node=
s.

dwayne

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Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
(780) 489-3199 voice          (780) 487-6397 fax
www.trinity-electronics.com
Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing

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