I feel very lucky :-) Not trying to save nickels here as I have got reeeels of 0603 AVX caps at my disposal! Sorry I was not able to represent the issue to you. Chetan Bhargava http://microz.blogspot.com On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Dave wrote: > How lucky do you feel? This is not a simple question. Study the data sh= eet and app notes. Why so you seek to save nickels. > > 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 >>-- >>http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>View/change your membership options at >>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > 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 .