74AHCT14 Hex Inverting Schmitt Trigger

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The 74AHCT14 IC contains six Inverting Schmitt Triggers. Schmitt triggers can be used for creating a sharp signal transition from a smooth curve.  This is useful when feeding an RC-debounced signal into a hardware interrupt.

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