At 04:44 PM 28/08/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > Brendan, I simply ignore unused pins.
> > Sid Weaver - W4EKQ

Not a good idea! Floating inputs will cause havoc given half a chance.
You can do without the increased input current and glitches. :-)

>That's what I *have* been doing, but since I'm committing this project to a
>PCB, I want it to be done right.  And I know that if the pins are ignored,
>then there could be some issues with power consumption. CMOS is worse than
>TTL for this.

As another poster said, set them as output and leave the not connected.
If you really want, you can leave the mas input and use pull-up/down resistors
but that's really a waste of space & money most of the time.
Regards...
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