Hi, I followed the tutorial on how to connect a max232 to arduino. The 232 chip gets quite hot. It's not melting or anything, but is this normal? I also noticed that the cap from v+ is missing on the tutorial. Is this not necessary? Joachim

serial232 gets hot!

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