Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe wrote:
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> If Microchip says 25 mA is the upper limit then we're probably grand up =

> to about 30 mA or so. On the prototype board for my Connect4, I went =

> straight from a PIC pin to an LED to ground, without a current-limiting =

> resistor. I left the device on overnight for three nights in a row and =

> it didn't fail! For the craic I might cut one of the LED legs out to =

> definitively measure the current flow. Also note that I had 7 LED's on =

> at once, so not only was I flouting the "per pin" rule, I also flouted =

> the "all pins" rule!

 > And it still managed to stay working for 3 nights
> in a row!

So what ?
Completely irrelevant...

Jan-Erik.
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