On Tuesday 06 May 2003 23:23, Ben Jackson scribbled:
> On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:57:59PM -0500, Picdude wrote:
> > But this seems like a workable option to me...
> >
> >                   Rp
> >             .--'\/\/\,---> V+
> >             |                     | /
> > PIC O/P >---'---------------------|<
> >                                   | \
>
> Well you left out V+ on the emitter of your PNP transistor, which is
> going to be forward biased when you ground the base, and conduct large
> amounts of current until you fry it.

On this one, I'm still assuming an NPN with the E connected to ground and=
 the=20
C connected to the 7-seg display common cathode.  Couldn't figure out a g=
ood=20
way to put the arrow on the transistor in ASCII art.

Cheers,
-Neil.

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