PIC16F716 Microchip Technology, PIC16F716 Datasheet - Page 21

• Manufacturer Part Number: PIC16F716
• Description: 8-bit Flash-based Microcontroller with A/D Converter and Enhanced Capture/Compare/PWM
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology

3.0
Some pins for these I/O ports are multiplexed with an
alternate function for the 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.
Additional information on I/O ports may be found in the
PICmicro
3.1
PORTA is a 5-bit wide bidirectional port. The
corresponding 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. All
write operations are read-modify-write operations.
Therefore, a write to a port implies that the port pins are
read, the value is modified and then written to the port
data latch.
Pin RA4 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.
PORTA pins, RA3:0, are multiplexed with analog inputs
and analog V
selected by clearing/setting the control bits in the
ADCON1 register (A/D Control Register 1).
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.
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Note:
Note:
I/O PORTS
PORTA and the TRISA Register
®
Mid-Range Reference Manual, (DS33023).
On a Power-on Reset, these pins are
configured as analog inputs and read as
‘0’.
Setting RA3:0 to output while in Analog
mode will force pins to output contents of
data latch.
REF
input. The operation of each pin is
Preliminary
EXAMPLE 3-1:
FIGURE 3-1:
BCF
CLRF
BSF
MOVLW
MOVWF
BCF
WR
PORT
DATA
BUS
WR
TRIS
RD PORT
To A/D Converter
STATUS, RP0
PORTA
STATUS, RP0
0xEF
TRISA
STATUS, RP0
TRIS Latch
D
D
Data Latch
CK
CK
Q
Q
Q
Q
RD TRIS
INITIALIZING PORTA
BLOCK DIAGRAM OF
RA3:RA0
;
;Initialize PORTA by
;clearing output
;data latches
;Select Bank 1
;Value used to
;initialize data
;direction
;Set RA<3:0> as inputs
;RA<4> as outputs
;Return to Bank 0
PIC16F716
Q
EN
D
V
P
N
V
Analog
Input
mode
DS41206A-page 19
DD
SS
V
SS
V
DD
TTL
Input
Buffer
I/O pin