Are the microchip pic's pins current limit? Specifically for the pic24F
> family. I have all the IO pins going to offboard connectors and I'm
> wondering what would happen if the connectors were accidently shorted(say
> a
> wire fell on them). I believe the pic's have thermal protection so it's a
> matter of simply saving the individual pins. I can add in some series
> resistance to limit the current in this application but wondering if they
> are needed? (it's not prefered though because some of these pins are going
> to be for general use)
If the speeds are low and you don't need ot drive a lot of cable use current limiting resistors. Transorbs would be a good idea as well if you want it to be robust.