Re^4: i2c lcd Custom Characters

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As far as I know, none of the Pi's pins are 5 volt tolerant, it is only when configured and used with the i2c bus that they are tolerant.

If these same pins were reconfigured to general purpose use, they would not be 5 volt tolerant.

I think that the issue is the way that the i2c bus operates and how it is pulled up/down.

anita2R

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Re^5: i2c lcd Custom Characters by jmlynesjr (Deacon) on Jun 12, 2016 at 20:30 UTC
anita2R Thanks for the info. Something to pay attention to if I ever decide to play with the RPI. It's starting to become popular in Ham radio circles. The Digilent docs state that the PIC32 digital I/O pins are protected but the analog I/O pins are not. Digilent adds protection diodes for the analog pins on their UNO32/uC32 boards. James There's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over...	[reply]

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Re^5: i2c lcd Custom Characters
by jmlynesjr (Deacon) on Jun 12, 2016 at 20:30 UTC

anita2R

Thanks for the info. Something to pay attention to if I ever decide to play with the RPI. It's starting to become popular in Ham radio circles.

The Digilent docs state that the PIC32 digital I/O pins are protected but the analog I/O pins are not. Digilent adds protection diodes for the analog pins on their UNO32/uC32 boards.

James

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