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10.0 I/O PORTS
Depending on the device selected, there are either
seven or nine I/O ports available on
PIC18F6X2X/8X2X devices. Some of their pins are
multiplexed with one or more alternate functions from
the other 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.
Each port has three registers for its operation. These
registers are:
• TRIS register (Data Direction register)
• PORT register (reads the levels on the pins of the
device)
• LAT register (Output Latch register)
The Data Latch (LAT) register is useful for
read-modify-write operations on the value that the I/O
pins are driving.
A simplified version of a generic I/O port and its
operation is shown in Figure 10-1.
FIGURE 10-1:
SIMPLIFIED BLOCK
DIAGRAM OF
PORT/LAT/TRIS
OPERATION
RD LAT
WR LAT +
WR Port
Data Bus
RD Port
D
Q
CK
Data Latch
TRIS
I/O pin
PIC18F6X2X/8X2X
10.1 PORTA, TRISA and LATA
Registers
PORTA is a 7-bit wide, bi-directional 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.
The Data Latch register (LATA) is also memory
mapped. Read-modify-write operations on the LATA
register, read and write the latched output value for
PORTA.
The RA4 pin 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.
The RA6 pin is only enabled as a general I/O pin in
ECIO and RCIO Oscillator modes.
The other PORTA pins are multiplexed with analog
inputs and the analog VREF+ and VREF- inputs. The
operation of each pin is selected by clearing/setting the
control bits in the ADCON1 register (A/D Control
Register 1).
Note:
On a Power-on Reset, RA5 and RA3:RA0
are configured as analog inputs and read
as ‘0’. RA6 and RA4 are configured as
digital inputs.
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 10-1: INITIALIZING PORTA
CLRF
CLRF
MOVLW
MOVWF
MOVLW
MOVWF
PORTA
LATA
0x0F
ADCON1
0xCF
TRISA
; Initialize PORTA by
; clearing output
; data latches
; Alternate method
; to clear output
; data latches
; Configure A/D
; for digital inputs
; Value used to
; initialize data
; direction
; Set RA<3:0> as inputs
; RA<5:4> as outputs
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