LM3S300-IQN25-C2 Datasheet, PDF (226/498 Pages) Texas Instruments – Stellaris LM3S300 Microcontroller

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General-Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs)
7.2.1
7.2.1.1
7.2.1.2
Data Control
The data control registers allow software to configure the operational modes of the GPIOs. The data
direction register configures the GPIO as an input or an output while the data register either captures
incoming data or drives it out to the pads.
Data Direction Operation
The GPIO Direction (GPIODIR) register (see page 232) is used to configure each individual pin as
an input or output. When the data direction bit is set to 0, the GPIO is configured as an input and
the corresponding data register bit will capture and store the value on the GPIO port. When the data
direction bit is set to 1, the GPIO is configured as an output and the corresponding data register bit
will be driven out on the GPIO port.
Data Register Operation
To aid in the efficiency of software, the GPIO ports allow for the modification of individual bits in the
GPIO Data (GPIODATA) register (see page 231) by using bits [9:2] of the address bus as a mask.
This allows software drivers to modify individual GPIO pins in a single instruction, without affecting
the state of the other pins. This is in contrast to the "typical" method of doing a read-modify-write
operation to set or clear an individual GPIO pin. To accommodate this feature, the GPIODATA
register covers 256 locations in the memory map.
During a write, if the address bit associated with that data bit is set to 1, the value of the GPIODATA
register is altered. If it is cleared to 0, it is left unchanged.
For example, writing a value of 0xEB to the address GPIODATA + 0x098 would yield as shown in
Figure 7-2 on page 226, where u is data unchanged by the write.
Figure 7-2. GPIODATA Write Example
ADDR[9:2] 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0x098 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
0xEB 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
GPIODATA u u 1 u u 0 1 u
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During a read, if the address bit associated with the data bit is set to 1, the value is read. If the
address bit associated with the data bit is set to 0, it is read as a zero, regardless of its actual value.
For example, reading address GPIODATA + 0x0C4 yields as shown in Figure 7-3 on page 226.
Figure 7-3. GPIODATA Read Example
ADDR[9:2] 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0x0C4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
GPIODATA 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Returned Value 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
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