Re: pic reset?

The Enhanced Midrange devices (PIC16F1xxx) and PIC18 devices have a reset
opcode.  Other devices with the 14-bit core and all devices with the 12-bit
core lack a reset instruction.

The reset instruction nearly the equivalent of the POR reset.


On 2/22/11 8:11 AM, "John Pritchard" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> If anyone reading this knows about a RESET opcode, please send pointers.
> 
> Occasionally in reading MCHP docs I come across an apparent reference to a
> RESET instruction, but of course when I see it and when I could use it are
> two different times.
> 
> Of course the default interpretation is that the apparent reference to a
> RESET instruction is rather a reference to pulling (down) on (an enabled)
> MCLR -- or dropping Vdd into a BOR, etc..
> 
> And it's easy to imagine that the language of the documentation is not
> transparent.
> 
> But I thought I'd ask, anyway.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> ps http://www.google.com/search?q=reset+site:microchip.com

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Joseph Julicher
Applications Manager
Microchip Technology Inc.