AVR-Chat

At 12:59 AM 8/14/2004, Les Grant wrote:

>Hi Dave,
>
>On 12 Aug 2004 at 13:42, Dave VanHorn wrote:
>
>> At 01:36 PM 8/12/2004, Bruce Parham wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> >WTF! Who said anything about running it at 50 mA? I was using 10 mA
>> >as the example, that's 2x minimum for the LED and in limit for the
>> >AVR...
>> 
>> The guaranteed full on current is 50mA
>
>I believe the data sheet is trying to say that the minimum required 
>input current for 120mA output current at 25deg C is 5mA. I also 
>believe that it is confusing to include the max figure of 50mA which 
>is also the absolute maximum continuous input current. If you check 
>the graphs on page 3, the typical switch on input current is less 
>than 2mA.

Ah.. Aren't data sheets fun! :)