Yes, this can happen because the protection diodes to Vdd turn on. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Micro Eng" To: Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: [PIC]: inputs alive while PIC powered down > There was some discussion about this a lil while back and I don't recall the > final thoughts. From what I remember, if you have inputs that are coming > from a device that is not on the same power source as the PIC, that it could > actually power it up thru the ports. Was this the case? Assumption that it > applies whether its an analog or digital port looking at these. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics