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Can you use I/O pins to power other microcontroller? why would you or why shouldnt you?
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Can you use I/O pins to power other microcontroller? why would you or why shouldnt you?
If I used the I/O pin of my XBee to power an atmega328pu microchip.. is this normal or whats your reaction?
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Generally no as the IO pins on an xbee can only sink/source a few mA at most.
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