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    I have a PIC12F675 and a wireless transceiver running at 3.3V. I would like to use this circuit to monitor a sensor that outputs 0-5V.

    Can I add a reference voltage of say 4.096V to the PIC12F675 VRef pin and have portA.0 monitor this without any problems?

    Thanks for any help!

    Scott

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    Voltage input to any pin should never exceed Vcc. You would need a voltage
    divider on the analog output of your sensor that limits the max output to
    3.3V.
    Regards,

    -Bruce
    tech at rentron.com
    http://www.rentron.com

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    Bruce,

    I guess I will use a voltage divider using two 1K resistors which will give me 2.5V at 5V from the sensor. I will lose a little accuracy but I will see how this works.

    Thanks for the reply,
    Scott

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