On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:04:08 -0500, you wrote:

>>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.

No PIC does this though. I'm not aware of any micros that set =
direction-programmable pins to output
on reset.

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