[sdiy] ETI447

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Rönnberg Niklas <nikro at itn.liu.se>
Subject: RE: [sdiy] ETI447
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:08:48 +0200
Message-ID: <82BEDACF1CE44E45AB82F167BD8C07D1039FCD at merlin.epost.itn.liu.se>

> Well, I understand that since pin 1 (Vdd) and pin 8 (Vss) are both
> connected to zero reference voltage. Pin 13 and pin 16 are not used
> according to the datasheet, but why is pin 16 connected to zero reference
> voltage in the ETI design (and pin 13 is not connected)?
> 
> Maybe this is just some mistake in the original pcb layout and doesn't
> affect anything at all, and maybe not...

Pin 16 does not even have a pad on the chip, so it is not even bonded. I am a
sick mind, so I would not let this pin go unused one way or another, for
instance could it act as supporting ground for the neighbor pin.

It is probably useless, but try the design out and you know how usefull it was.

> Best regards
> 
> /a rather confused Niklas

We do these things to joke with our peers and confuse the hell out the others
just comes as extra fun! ;O)

Cheers,
Magnus