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No resistors are used to limit the current in keyboards?

Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 17:27
by b1gtuna
Hello everyone, I just designed a 35% keyboard PCB which uses Teensy 2.0 as the controller.
And I just realized there are no resistors used in the keyboards to limit the current flow between input and output pins.

Is this because the controller input has high impedance?

Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 17:58
by Ray
b1gtuna wrote: Is this because the controller input has high impedance?
Exactly

Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 18:08
by b1gtuna
Ray wrote:
b1gtuna wrote: Is this because the controller input has high impedance?
Exactly
gracias!

Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 19:11
by flabbergast
To have some numbers: atmega internal pull-ups should be about 50k.

Posted: 05 Jul 2015, 17:59
by b1gtuna
flabbergast wrote: To have some numbers: atmega internal pull-ups should be about 50k.
Yup and I also checked that the maximum input/output current is 40mA. Thanks!