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Hi,

1) Where can I find the electrical schem of the output pin, TTL or Schmitt Trigger? Espeacillay for the PIC16F876 or equivalent.

2) Is there a typical load resitance of 230 Ohm?


with kind reagrds

Jan Lichtenbelt

Hi Jan,

In the microchip datasheets there is a section named electrical characteristics which should detail everything you need to know. If you need a good PDF viewer then I can highly recommend PDF-XChange, I've used it for years without a single issue and it's literally miles better than Adobe or the web browser defaults.

We add 220 Ohm to the signals on our E-blocks to ensure that nothing is damaged if a high output pin is shorted to a low output pin.

Dear Ben,

Thanks for your reaction. I do not found in the specifications. But I found it in Wikipedia under TTL. With 2 outputs, one high and one low, connected external with a 330 Ohm resistance I found R1 to be about 72 Ohm and the voltage Vce over the T1 to be 2V with a current of 12 mA. (PIC16F876A used)

I never realised that ouput high will not be 5V and output low will not be 0V. In the case above they will be respectively 4 and 0.2 Volt.

With kind regards

Jan Lichtenbelt

Hi Jan,

No you should get pretty much 5V for an output high and 0V for an output low, depending on how much current is being drawn.

This is the circuitry of an I/O pin in the 16F876A.
FETs are used as they don't have the inherent voltage drops that transistors have. Instead they have a resistance but this will be very low, probably only a fraction of an Ohm.