Was it Elbert Smit who wrote on Thursday 31 October 2002 14:23:
> Hello Tinco, Declan & others,
>
> > I didn't make too much sense of this. Are you trying to use
> >an optocoupler in 'analogue' mode, or pulsing it? If the former, forget it
> > quickly. The only way to use those things is as digital switches
>
> They function as a digital switch, it is used for serial communication at
> 9600 baud. But I don't understand why the specification defines a minimum
> inactive current. As Declan stated, the transistor leaks only nA or pA and
> not uA's. Minimum"On"-current for the diode is not clearly specified, so
> there's where I lose the link to a mininum inactive current...
Could it be minimum diode current which causes no transistor current?
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