I am trying to implement the "Ultra Low Power Wake Up" feature on a small PIC project. The idea is the chip will go to sleep, and then be woken up in the future by the ULPWU interrupt. The idea behind the ULPWU is that you connect a capacitor to this pin, charge it and put the chip to sleep. When configured, the ULPWU pin will slowly discharge the capacitor. Once the voltage on the cap falls to some value, the chip wakes up and possibly generates an interrupt. This [application note](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00879D.pdf) (PDF) from Microchip explains how the ULPWU is programmed and implemented. See Example 2 and Figure 2 (below). **Example 2:** BANKSEL PORTA ; BSF PORTA, 0 ;Set RA0 data latch BANKSEL ANSEL ; BCF ANSEL, 0 ;RA0 to digital I/O BANKSEL TRISA ; BCF TRISA, 0 ;Output high to CALL CapDelay ;charge capacitor BANKSEL PIR2 ; BCF PIR2, ULPWUIF ;Clear flag BANKSEL PCON ; BSF PCON, ULPWUE ;Enable ULP Wake-up BSF TRISA, 0 ;RAO to input BSF PIE2, ULPWUIE ;Enable interrupt MOVLW B’11000000’ ;Enable peripheral ;interrupt MOVWF INTCON ; SLEEP ;Wait for interrupt NOP ; <br/> ![enter image description here][1] I have carried this out but am stuck with a strange problem. When the chip goes to sleep, there is 5V being supplied by the ULWU pin (RA0). If I connect this pin to ground, the chip wakes up and does what it is supposed to do. My question is, why is there 5V on this pin when it is supposed to be an input? If I have this pin connected to a charged capacitor, the capacitor never discharges (the 5V on the pin is keeping it charged). **EDIT** Here is my test code. I am not using a capacitor in this case. I am simply switching the RA0 pin from high to low. The question remains, why is RA0 High when it is supposed to be discharging a capacitor in order to trigger the wake up feature? INCLUDE registers.asm __CONFIG 0x2EFF20E5 ORG 0x00 GOTO MAIN ;*********************************************** ;Interrupt Service Routine ;turn on an led and return ;********************************************* ORG 0X04 ISR BANKSEL PORTD BSF PORTD,7 RETFIE MAIN CALL SETUP CALL SETUP_WU SLEEP TRAP GOTO TRAP SETUP BANKSEL ANSELH CLRF ANSELH ;CONFIGURE ALL PINS FOR DIGITAL IO CLRF ANSEL BANKSEL TRISD ;PORTD IS OUTPUT CLRF TRISD BANKSEL PORTD CLRF PORTD RETURN SETUP_WU BANKSEL PORTA BSF PORTA,0 BANKSEL ANSEL CLRF ANSEL BANKSEL TRISA BCF TRISA,0 BANKSEL PIR2 BCF PIR2,2 BANKSEL PCON BSF PCON,5 BSF TRISA,0 BSF PIE2,2 MOVLW B'11000000' MOVWF INTCON RETURN END [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/gvfPY.png