[sdiy] Balance and Strobe pins on LM311 - what to do if you don't need them?

[harrybissell at wowway.com]

The databook I have says to short pins 5-6
together if not used.

I did have an industrial application where having them
float did indeed cause a noise issue. I always short them now...

H^) harry


On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:50:00 -0400, Aaron Lanterman wrote
> What's the best thing to do with these if you're not using any of 
> the  Balance/Strobe features?
> 
> I get the impression that people leave them unconnected; 
> http://www.circuitstoday.com   on April 10, Light activated switch 
> gives a circuit in which "The  pin 5&6 (Balance & Balance/Strobe ) 
> of IC LM311 are shorted to  minimize the chance of oscillations," 
> and the front page of the  datasheet seems to suggest tying them 
> both to the positive rail to  "increase typical common mode slew."
> 
> - Aaron
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