config word question

sir nigel,

i've observed in your tutorial for the pic16f628 that in your config line you placed
__CONFIG 0x3D18

meaning PWRTEN is disabled why is this?

when i'm programming pic16f84 i always do _PWRTE_ON

what really does pwrte do?

based on some web site and from what i know it is used so that the pic is in reset until vdd reaches the voltage needed for proper operation. by disabling it what does it do then?

yes, it's a timer that keeps the pic in reset for a short while on power up so everything can settle down before the program starts running...

By disabling it the pic starts running directly, If the pic has a clean power supply and no devices are on the same power line that may need a high startup current then it will probabely be ok without the timer

vortech1 said:

sir nigel,

i've observed in your tutorial for the pic16f628 that in your config line you placed
__CONFIG 0x3D18

meaning PWRTEN is disabled why is this?

when i'm programming pic16f84 i always do _PWRTE_ON

what really does pwrte do?

based on some web site and from what i know it is used so that the pic is in reset until vdd reaches the voltage needed for proper operation. by disabling it what does it do then?

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As you say, the 'Power Up Timer' delays the reset, giving the power rail more time to settle down - but this is very rarely needed. Feel free to turn it on if you want, but I've never found any need to.

If the power rail takes a fairly long time to come up, it could be useful, but generally a power rail comes up plenty fast enough - particularly when fed from a 7805 as in the tutorials.

In your existing 16F84 projects, try turning it off and see if it makes any difference?.