> Hi, I've got a microcontroller sending a TTL logic to a 74L14 schmidt > trigger. I found out that the inverted logic high is somewhere 4.5v to 4.6v. > Is there anyway I can make it output a perfect 5v? A pullup resistor to 5v should help. Note that 74L has quite modest drive capability. Can't recall what after all these years but datasheet will tell you. That's (arguably) a rather obsolete IC - consider using a CMOS version which should improve the result. (74C14, 74HC14 etc ) Russell McMahon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.