> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of James Nick Sears
> Sent: 18 June 2008 20:53
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] Max speed from 887
> 
> I've seen dozens, if not hundreds, of PIC projects done in just this
> way, with no limiting resistors and have never seen a PIC smoke or
> otherwise seriously malfunction.  Those output drivers are indeed
> pretty tough.  Or at least have enough output resistance to save
> themselves in this scenario.

I've also seen this plenty of times, again with smoke.  I wonder if this
is due to laziness or just ignorance of LED characteristics (i.e. 'it's
just a small light bulb')?

Regards

Mike

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