At 08:00 PM 28/08/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 08/28/2002 19:46:38 Eastern Daylight Time,
>bmoran@MILLENNIUM.CA writes:
>
> > 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.
> >
>
>Brendan, I've made a lot of PC boards where I ignored the unused pins.  Power
>consumption was really never an issue because I was always running of a wall
>wart.  Even so, I can't imagine that the power consumed by an unused pin
>would be significant.  And I have followed the same procedure with the
>"other" micro-processor.

Hi Sid,
It's not the power consumption as such, but the whole chip can oscillate and
behave badly when you let inputs float. It's just like leaving unused inputs on
CMOS gates floating - just asking for trouble. They (CMOS) have a habit of
latching up, heating up and dying. The increased power consumption is just a
symptom of the problem and should not be ignored.
Regards...
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