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PIC24F16KL402 FAMILY
11.0 I/O PORTS
Note:
This data sheet summarizes the features of
this group of PIC24F devices. It is not
intended to be a comprehensive reference
source. For more information on the I/O
Ports, refer to the “PIC24F Family
Reference Manual”, Section 12. “I/O
Ports with Peripheral Pin Select (PPS)”
(DS39711). Note that the PIC24F16KL402
family devices do not support Peripheral
Pin Select features.
All of the device pins (except VDD and VSS) are shared
between the peripherals and the parallel I/O ports. All
I/O input ports feature Schmitt Trigger inputs for
improved noise immunity.
11.1 Parallel I/O (PIO) Ports
A parallel I/O port that shares a pin with a peripheral is,
in general, subservient to the peripheral. The
peripheral’s output buffer data and control signals are
provided to a pair of multiplexers. The multiplexers
select whether the peripheral or the associated port
has ownership of the output data and control signals of
the I/O pin. Figure 11-1 illustrates how ports are shared
with other peripherals and the associated I/O pin to
which they are connected.
When a peripheral is enabled and the peripheral is
actively driving an associated pin, the use of the pin as
a general purpose output pin is disabled. The I/O pin
may be read, but the output driver for the parallel port
bit will be disabled. If a peripheral is enabled, but the
peripheral is not actively driving a pin, that pin may be
driven by a port.
All port pins have three registers directly associated
with their operation as digital I/O. The Data Direction
register (TRISx) determines whether the pin is an input
or an output. If the data direction bit is a ‘1’, then the pin
is an input. All port pins are defined as inputs after a
Reset. Reads from the Data Latch register (LATx), read
the latch. Writes to the Data Latch, write the latch.
Reads from the port (PORTx), read the port pins, while
writes to the port pins, write the latch.
Any bit and its associated data and control registers,
that are not valid for a particular device, will be dis-
abled. That means the corresponding LATx and TRISx
registers, and the port pin will read as zeros.
When a pin is shared with another peripheral or func-
tion that is defined as an input only, it is nevertheless,
regarded as a dedicated port because there is no
other competing source of outputs.
FIGURE 11-1:
BLOCK DIAGRAM OF A TYPICAL SHARED PORT STRUCTURE
Peripheral Module
Peripheral Input Data
Output Multiplexers
Peripheral Module Enable
Peripheral Output Enable
Peripheral Output Data
I/O
1 _{Output Enable}
0
PIO Module
Read TRIS
1 _{Output Data}
0
Data Bus
WR TRIS
WR LAT +
WR PORT
Read LAT
DQ
CK
TRIS Latch
DQ
CK
Data Latch
Read PORT
I/O Pin
Input Data
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