David, The programmer will assert !MCLR before doing any programming, so the pins will be in high impedance state. Microchip's programmers/debuggers are very well protected and can withstand a lot of abuse, even reverse polarity. Cheers, Isaac Em ter, 17 de dez de 2019 15:55, David Van Horn < david.vanhorn@backcountryaccess.com> escreveu: > A hopefully quick question: > > I have a system where I need to use the same connection for > debug/programming and for serial comms. > Is it possible to damage any of the uChip official programmers (PM3- > PICKit etc) if the pic is asserting that pin and the programmer is trying > to drive it opposite? > > -- > David VanHorn > Lead Hardware Engineer > > Backcountry Access, Inc. > 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H > Boulder, CO 80301 USA > phone: 303-417-1345 x110 > email: david.vanhorn@backcountryaccess.com david.vanhorn@backcountryaccess.com> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .