>I was wondering if there is any way to route across an unused pin pad on
>an SMT PIC?  If I set up the pin as an output, then it is
>high-impedence, correct?  So, to the circuit it is not there?

You'd want to set the pin up as an input.  It's also important that you
account
for the initial state of that pin upon start-up- if it defaults to an output
after
reset, you need to make sure that you aren't going to be driving a trace
which
is inherently a 5V signal to ground or vice versa.

Mike H.

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