It can, whether it should or not is another matter. Some might worry
that if the pin is accidentally set as an output and driven low, you
will be shorting out your power supply.

Josh
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Tal wrote:
>
> Can an input of a PIC be connected directly to VDD to set a High level ?
> What about other digital IC's such as 74HCXXX or FPGA's ?
>
> One of my guys here insists that input should be tied to VDD through a
> resistor.

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