Voltage input on digital pin (Arduino Uno)

Using Arduino General Electronics
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Hello all :slight_smile:

What is the lower limit of voltage, the Arduino Uno will register on one of the digital pins?

For example, a curcuit is connected trough Arduino 5V and GND and have a output at only 0,5 volt. Will the digital input pin register that?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Tortun:
... 0,5 volt. Will the digital input pin register that?

As a LOW, yes.
I wouldn't expect anything < 3V to be a consistently reliable "HIGH".

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So if I go below 3V on a digital pin, the Arduino Uno would not register it as HIGH.
Thank you :smiley:

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Tortun:
Hello all :slight_smile:

What is the lower limit of voltage, the Arduino Uno will register on one of the digital pins?

For example, a curcuit is connected trough Arduino 5V and GND and have a output at only 0,5 volt. Will the digital input pin register that?

Thanks :slight_smile:

Those values are best defined and explained in the Atmel ATmega329p datasheet along with all the other electrical specifications for the chip.

Lefty

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Tortun:
So if I go below 3V on a digital pin, the Arduino Uno would not register it as HIGH.
Thank you :smiley:

Well, I didn't "say" that, but you asked about "0.5V"
In fact there's a point at which a voltage "must be" a HIGH and a similar point where some voltage "must be" a LOW, but there's a window of uncertainty between the two, a sort of no-man's land which should be avoided.

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retrolefty:
Those values are best defined and explained in the Atmel ATmega329p datasheet along with all the other electrical specifications for the chip.

Lefty

Unfortunately, that didn't help me :~

What voltage is that between? The uncertainty about "HIGH" and "LOW".
If you should say a voltage, were it would not anymore register a value as "HIGH" or the highest voltage you can think off, were it not at all would read it as "HIGH". (at least theoretically?)
Sorry... But I really need some sort of number, since I have made an error with an operational amplifier...
Hope there is some kind of possible answer :frowning:

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Unfortunately, that didn't help me

It's all there in the data sheet.
In what way didn't it help you?

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For an input to be seen as a logic low it must be below 0.3 * Vcc so at 5V Vcc this is below 1.5V

For an input to be seen as a logic high it must be above 0.6 * Vcc so at 5V Vcc this is above 3V