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  1. - 26th October 2009, 19:47 #8
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    Exclamation Voltage Divider

    Quote Originally Posted by Christopher4187 View Post
    Would this work or can I get rid of the .1uF cap? What type of cap (material) should I use?

    Also, should I put a 1uF cap in the input to the PIC (it's also my vref voltage)? As Melanie said, this could be causing me problems too.
    Hi Christopher,

    That first circuit you attached would send 50 Volts to the PIC!

    This is more like a voltage divider.
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