How can a battery powered PIC turn itself off?

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  1. - 29th September 2008, 21:03 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by tekart View Post
    Jumper - a pull down does not work, don;t know why. But the thread Melaine pointed me to yielded a circuit that I simplified a bit that works like a charm. Thanks Melanie you totally made my day, I will cross post my solution to the other thread. See attached.
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    ...disregard...misread the original question.
    But...could be that you ended up with a voltage divider at the gate of the mosfet and when the PIC's signal was removed, the pulldown wasn't strong enough to pull it far enough and the FET stayed on...
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