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Topic 2.0
Pull-down Resistors

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Pull-down resistors work in the same

manner as pull-up resistors, except that
they pull the pin to a logical low value.

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Pull-down resistor

They are connected between ground and the

appropriate pin on a device

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In this figure, a pushbutton switch is

connected between the supply voltage and a
microcontroller pin.

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To prevent this unknown state, a pull-down

resistor will ensure that the pin is in a low
state.

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In such a circuit, when the switch is closed,

the microcontroller input is at a logical high
value, but when the switch is open, the pull-
down resistor pulls the input voltage down to
ground (logical zero value)

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The pull-down resistor must have a larger

resistance than the impedance of the logic
circuit, or else it might be able to pull the
voltage down by too much and the input
voltage at the pin would remain at a constant
logical low value – regardless of the switch
position.

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When the button is NOT PRESSED, the

input pin will read a LOW state

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circuit simulation

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When the button is PRESSED, the input

pin will read a HIGH state

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If the resistor wasn’t there, the button

would connect VCC to ground, which is
very bad and is also known as a short

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NOT PRESSED = LOW state

if (digitalRead(SW)==LOW)

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PRESSED = HIGH state

if (digitalRead(SW)==HIGH)

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