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You might consider leaving it as is. Most of the AVRs can take
a short to VCC without killing the device. Is the short likely
to happen during development, or in use? Short or long time?
With or without a buffer, a short will cause loss of functionality
during the short; you may find the risk of permanent damage is higher
with the buffer - the current and heat will be higher.
Ken

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> Hello guys.. I have an application where in the output pin has a
> greater posibility being shorted to VCC. Now when this pin is set low,
> it causes high current. To avoid this, i am thinking of placing a
> buffer after the output pin (i dunno if this is the best idea, i
> appreciate feedbacks). I am searching the farnell and i saw some
> LVC07A from TI. Can anyone can recomend a similar device with only a
> single (or two) buffer in it? running from 1.7 to 3.3 VCC..
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> regards,
> mago
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