On Nov 27, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Markus Rohe wrote:

> The resistor from the RAx or RBx to GND are used suppress voltage 
> spikes
> caused by HF noise since the gate has a quite high impedance.
>
The PIC output, however, has low impedance.  I wouldn't think the
resistor to ground would be necessary unless you planned to float
the PIC outputs for some reason (fail safe?  Power on transient
protection?)

BillW
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