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Re: Continued problems with Cypress I/O Board

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Originally Posted by norm365 View Post
Weird thing is that using 1 Analog Input port shows other 3 following. They probably need to be grounded.
This is typical of a multiplexed A-to-D converter having very high input impedance. If you don't have a channel connected to anything, the input to the converter has nowhere to dump its electrons and thus retains the voltage from the previously selected channel.
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