Brief Pull Up or Down Resistors

Pull up and pull down resistors schematic diagram by electronzap
Pull up and pull down resistors schematic diagram by electronzap

A pull up or pull down resistor holds a supply voltage to an input that doesn’t need much if any current.

When a switch that is connected to the other supply voltage is closed, then there is a direct connection to that other supply voltage, and that voltage is applied to the input.

Since the switch makes a direct connection to the opposite supply voltage while it is closed, the input doesn’t see the voltage through the resistor anymore.

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