How lucky do you feel? This is not a simple question. Study the data shee= t and app notes. Why so you seek to save nickels.=20 Chetan Bhargava wrote: >As far as I understand, decoupling capacitors should be in closed >proximity of power pins of a microcontroller. What is the usual and >practical distance that they are put at? > >Although all the power pins need one cap, I have seen designs with >single cap only around 3mm away from a PIC18F6520 non-power pin. Would >that be stable given that PIC18F6520 has 4 sets of power pins? > >Thanks, > >Chetan Bhargava >http://microz.blogspot.com >--=20 >http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .