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10.2.2 Toggling the Pin
Writing a logic one to PINxn toggles the value of PORTxn, independent on the value of DDRxn. Note that the SBI instruction
can be used to toggle one single bit in a port.
10.2.3 Switching Between Input and Output
When switching between tri-state ({DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b00) and output high ({DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b11), an intermediate
state with either pull-up enabled {DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b01) or output low ({DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b10) must occur. Normally, the
pull-up enabled state is fully acceptable, as a high-impedant environment will not notice the difference between a strong high
driver and a pull-up. If this is not the case, the PUD bit in the MCUCR register can be set to disable all pull-ups in all ports.
Switching between input with pull-up and output low generates the same problem. The user must use either the tri-state
({DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b00) or the output high state ({DDxn, PORTxn} = 0b11) as an intermediate step.
Table 10-1 summarizes the control signals for the pin value.
10.2.4 Reading the Pin Value
Independent of the setting of data direction bit DDxn, the port pin can be read through the PINxn register bit. As shown in
Figure 10-2 on page 58, the PINxn register bit and the preceding latch constitute a synchronizer. This is needed to avoid
metastability if the physical pin changes value near the edge of the internal clock, but it also introduces a delay. Figure 10-3
shows a timing diagram of the synchronization when reading an externally applied pin value. The maximum and minimum
propagation delays are denoted t
pd,max
and t
pd,min
respectively.
Figure 10-3. Synchronization when Reading an Externally Applied Pin value
Consider the clock period starting shortly after the first falling edge of the system clock. The latch is closed when the clock is
low, and goes transparent when the clock is high, as indicated by the shaded region of the “SYNC LATCH” signal. The signal
value is latched when the system clock goes low. It is clocked into the PINxn register at the succeeding positive clock edge.
As indicated by the two arrows tpd,max and tpd,min, a single signal transition on the pin will be delayed between ½ and 1½
system clock period depending upon the time of assertion.
Table 10-1. Port Pin Configurations
DDxn PORTxn PUD (in MCUCR) I/O Pull-up Comment
0 0 X Input No Tri-state (hi-Z)
0 1 0 Input Yes Pxn will source current if ext. pulled low.
0 1 1 Input No Tri-state (hi-Z)
1 0 X Output No Output low (sink)
1 1 X Output No Output high (source)
SYSTEM CLK
INSTRUCTIOS
SYNC LATCH
PINxn
r17
XXX XXX
0x00 0xFF
in r17, PINx
t
pd, max
t
pd, min