On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com>wr=
ote:

> V G wrote:
> > I have a few 74HC240N (3 state, inverting octal buffer) and similar
> > chips, as well as a MAX3070E (RS232 to TTL signal converter) in my
> > design. Do I need to put 0.1uF bypass capacitors from Vin to GND near
> > each of these chips? What would happen if I don't?
>
> You really should have bypass caps there, although they don't need to be
> the
> ye olde value of 100nF.  If you leave them out, it will probably still wo=
rk
> at least 99% of the time.
>

Thanks. I've also read your post on using 1uF. I'll probably get those for
the same purpose.
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