| ??? 04/24/08 09:52 Read: times Msg Score: 0 -1 Answer is Wrong +1 Good Answer/Helpful |
#153946 - P0 pullups Responding to: ???'s previous message |
As port0 is defined as databus(D0-D7) which can be connected to multiple devices like RAM, ROM etc the port should be tristate. With internal pullup(FET Circuit) this is not possible. If a device wants to send data and want to make particular bit 0, with internal pullup it has to source more current to make that line low. With tristate the current will be less to make the line low. Even RAM, ROM databus will be tristate pins. Same concept you can observe in RS-485 networks, I2C interface etc. |



