Adam Davis wrote:
>
>However, as far as your question goes- I believe the impedance of a pin on the
>PIC is high enough that you could hook 8 largish caps up to eight pins, and
>charge or discharge them before turning the PIC off.  Run some tests, and
report
>your results.
>

I think if you do this, the PIC will remain powered via the
sneak paths thru its internal pullup clamping diodes. Otherwise,
the input impedances are quite high.

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