Datasheet

© 2007 Microchip Technology Inc. DS41202F-page 31
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4.0 I/O PORTS
There are as many as twelve general purpose I/O pins
available. Depending on which peripherals are enabled,
some or all of the pins may not be available as general
purpose I/O. In general, when a peripheral is enabled,
the associated pin may not be used as a general
purpose I/O pin.
4.1 PORTA and the TRISA Registers
PORTA is a 6-bit wide, bidirectional port. The
corresponding data direction register is TRISA
(Register 4-2). Setting a TRISA bit (= 1) will make the
corresponding PORTA pin an input (i.e., disable the
output driver). Clearing a TRISA bit (= 0) will make the
corresponding PORTA pin an output (i.e., enables output
driver and puts the contents of the output latch on the
selected pin). The exception is RA3, which is input only
and its TRIS bit will always read as ‘1’. Example 4-1
shows how to initialize PORTA.
Reading the PORTA register (Register 4-1) 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, this value is modified and then
written to the PORT data latch. RA3 reads ‘0’ when
MCLRE = 1.
The TRISA register controls the direction of the
PORTA 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. I/O pins configured as analog input always read
‘0’.
EXAMPLE 4-1: INITIALIZING PORTA
Note: The ANSEL and CMCON0 registers must
be initialized to configure an analog
channel as a digital input. Pins configured
as analog inputs will read ‘0’.
BCF STATUS,RP0 ;Bank 0
CLRF PORTA ;Init PORTA
MOVLW 07h ;Set RA<2:0> to
MOVWF CMCON0 ;digital I/O
BSF STATUS,RP0 ;Bank 1
CLRF ANSEL ;digital I/O
MOVLW 0Ch ;Set RA<3:2> as inputs
MOVWF TRISA ;and set RA<5:4,1:0>
;as outputs
BCF STATUS,RP0 ;Bank 0
REGISTER 4-1: PORTA: PORTA REGISTER
U-0 U-0 R/W-x R/W-0 R-x R/W-0 R/W-0 R/W-0
— — RA5 RA4 RA3 RA2 RA1 RA0
bit 7 bit 0
Legend:
R = Readable bit W = Writable bit U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’
-n = Value at POR ‘1’ = Bit is set ‘0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown
bit 7-6 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’
bit 5-0 RA<5:0>: PORTA I/O Pin bit
1 = PORTA pin is > V
IH
0 = PORTA pin is < VIL
REGISTER 4-2: TRISA: PORTA TRI-STATE REGISTER
U-0 U-0 R/W-1 R/W-1 R-1 R/W-1 R/W-1 R/W-1
— — TRISA5 TRISA4 TRISA3 TRISA2 TRISA1 TRISA0
bit 7 bit 0
Legend:
R = Readable bit W = Writable bit U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’
-n = Value at POR ‘1’ = Bit is set ‘0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown
bit 7-6 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’
bit 5-0 TRISA<5:0>: PORTA Tri-State Control bit
1 = PORTA pin configured as an input (tri-stated)
0 = PORTA pin configured as an output
Note 1: TRISA<3> always reads ‘1’.
2: TRISA<5:4> always reads ‘1’ in XT, HS and LP OSC modes.