Datasheet

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PIC16C712/716
3.0 I/O PORTS
Some pins for these I/O ports are multiplexed with an
alternate function for the peripheral features on the
device. In general, when a peripheral is enabled, that
pin may not be used as a general purpose I/O pin.
Additional information on I/O ports may be found in the
PIC
®
Mid-Range Reference Manual, (DS33023).
3.1 PORTA and the TRISA Register
PORTA is a 5-bit wide bidirectional port. The corre-
sponding data direction register is TRISA. Setting a
TRISA bit (= 1) will make the corresponding PORTA pin
an input, (i.e., put the corresponding output driver in a
High-Impedance mode). Clearing a TRISA bit (= 0) will
make the corresponding PORTA pin an output, (i.e., put
the contents of the output latch on the selected pin).
Reading the PORTA register reads the status of the
pins whereas writing to it will write to the port latch. All
write operations are read-modify-write operations.
Therefore, a write to a port implies that the port pins are
read, the value is modified, and then written to the port
data latch.
Pin RA4 is multiplexed with the Timer0 module clock
input to become the RA4/T0CKI pin. The RA4/T0CKI
pin is a Schmitt Trigger input and an open drain output.
All other RA port pins have TTL input levels and full
CMOS output drivers.
PORTA pins, RA3:0, are multiplexed with analog
inputs and analog V
REF input. The operation of each
pin is selected by clearing/setting the control bits in the
ADCON1 register (A/D Control Register1).
The TRISA register controls the direction of the RA
pins, even when they are being used as analog inputs.
The user must ensure the bits in the TRISA register are
maintained set when using them as analog inputs.
EXAMPLE 3-1: INITIALIZING PORTA
Note: On a Power-on Reset, these pins are
configured as analog inputs and read as
‘0’.
BCF STATUS, RP0 ;
CLRF PORTA ; Initialize PORTA by
; clearing output
; data latches
BSF STATUS, RP0 ; Select Bank 1
MOVLW 0xEF ; Value used to
; initialize data
; direction
MOVWF TRISA ; Set RA<3:0> as inputs
; RA<4> as outputs
BCF STATUS, RP0 ; Return to Bank 0