4.1 General Guidelines

Unused pins must be soldered to their respective soldering pads. The soldering pads must not be connected to the circuit.

The PORT pins are in their default state after Reset. Follow the recommendations in the PORT section to reduce power consumption.

All values are given as typical values and serve only as a starting point for circuit design.

Refer to the following application notes for further information:

• AVR040 - EMC Design Considerations
• AVR042 - AVR Hardware Design Considerations