Hi everyone!
Anybody notices that reset input on a TLC555 can accept a voltage, may be up to 15V, even if the chip is *not* powered? Unknowingly, I was driving that pin at 12V on one of my project for months without apparent effect. The reset input is still working. The datasheet says Vcc+0.3V for inputs but the equivalent circuit shows the reset input is directly driving a MOSFET gate. Weird!
Fred