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Default Abusing a 555.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:05:31 -0500, flipper wrote:

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:00:58 -0700, Jim Thompson
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One can amuse one's self... how is the ESD configured on the Discharge
pin ?:-)


Interesting question but the datasheets I've got don't mention a thing
about ESD protection so I don't know.


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If it's like most other ESD protection it's two diodes in series, with
the anode-cathode junction connected to the discharge pin, the free
cathode of one connected to Vcc, and the free anode of the other
connected to GND.

Easy enough to check with the diode function of a multimeter.

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JF