MC9S08SH32CWL Datasheet, PDF (76/328 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – MC9S08SH32 Series Features

Chapter 6 Parallel Input/Output Control
It is a good programming practice to write to the port data register before changing the direction of a port
pin to become an output. This ensures that the pin will not be driven momentarily with an old data value
that happened to be in the port data register.
PTxDDn
DQ
Output Enable
PTxDn
DQ
Output Data
Port Read
Data
1
0
Synchronizer
Input Data
BUSCLK
Figure 6-1. Parallel I/O Block Diagram
6.2 Pull-up, Slew Rate, and Drive Strength
Associated with the parallel I/O ports is a set of registers located in the high page register space that operate
independently of the parallel I/O registers. These registers are used to control pull-ups, slew rate, and drive
strength for the pins.
An internal pull-up device can be enabled for each port pin by setting the corresponding bit in the pull-up
enable register (PTxPEn). The pull-up device is disabled if the pin is configured as an output by the parallel
I/O control logic or any shared peripheral function regardless of the state of the corresponding pull-up
enable register bit. The pull-up device is also disabled if the pin is controlled by an analog function.
Slew rate control can be enabled for each port pin by setting the corresponding bit in the slew rate control
register (PTxSEn). When enabled, slew control limits the rate at which an output can transition in order to
reduce EMC emissions. Slew rate control has no effect on pins that are configured as inputs.
An output pin can be selected to have high output drive strength by setting the corresponding bit in the
drive strength select register (PTxDSn). When high drive is selected, a pin is capable of sourcing and
sinking greater current. Even though every I/O pin can be selected as high drive, the user must ensure that
the total current source and sink limits for the MCU are not exceeded. Drive strength selection is intended
to affect the DC behavior of I/O pins. However, the AC behavior is also affected. High drive allows a pin
to drive a greater load with the same switching speed as a low drive enabled pin into a smaller load.
Because of this, the EMC emissions may be affected by enabling pins as high drive.
MC9S08SH32 Series Data Sheet, Rev. 2
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