Thread: Overhead using Test Mode?
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Re: Overhead using Test Mode?
You should be careful about using the word ANY. For example, the 2013 template that includes test mode adds two extra cases in the switch statement in the main while loop compared to the 2012 template. This adds several extra assembly instructions. At 400 mhz, this might add a few hundred nanoseconds. This means that test mode does cause extra overhead. However, I don't think that is really what you were looking for.

Note that this example is based purely on the template, and it doesn't matter if you've added any test mode code.
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