Free Energy? - CMOS Microchip Works with No Vdd and No Gnd
Clickbait title, sorry (but only the 'free-energy' lunatics will fall for it).
After connecting a 74HCT138 CMOS decoder chip the wrong way round, I was surprised to see that it had apparently suffered no damage. But is that the full story?
EEVblog #831 - Power A Micro With No Power Pin!
https://youtu.be/2yFh7Vv0Paw