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		kens on Aug 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse-engineering the Intel 8086's instruction r... The resistor is on series. I.e pin - resistor - diode to ground and circuitry. The resistor is just some silicon, probably around 30 ohms.

egsmi on Aug 9, 2020 [–]

That makes sense. That’s the current limiting resistor. It protects the protection. See page 12 of this deck.

http://www.eng.biu.ac.il/temanad/files/2017/02/Lecture-9-IO....

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