MCS9865

GPIO Application Note

1. Introduction

This application note describes details of MCS9865 GPIO lines & how to access / use same for
system control. Up to four General Purpose I/O (GPIO) pins are present in MCS9865.

2. Description of Registers content

On 'Power on reset' all GPIO lines will work in input mode

GPIO control registers: [offset 11’hxxx] *

GPIO control registers

Offset(Hex)Register Bit Access Description
11’h3C0 PIN [3:0] R/W When DIR bit (s) is one, then corresponding bit
of PIN[4:1] will be read for input state.
When DIR bit is zero, Data need to be sent out
on the GPIO lines should be programmed in
the “PIN” register.
11’h3C4 DIR [3:0] R/W Pin [4:1] direction (0 – output, 1 – input)
Default all pins are in input mode.

*Note: “11” indicated number of bits used for addressing the offset register. To indicate
hexadecimal value “h” is used followed by address value.

3. GPIO Mode of Operation

GPIO lines of MCS9865 support Polling mode of operation.

Polling Mode

GPIO lines in output mode

a) When any of the GPIO lines need to be set in output direction, then particular bit in the
“DIR” register should be programmed as zero.
b) Data need to be sent out on the GPIO lines should be programmed in the “PIN” register.

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GPIO lines in input mode

a) When any of the GPIO lines need to be set in input direction, then particular bit in “DIR”
register should be programmed as one.
b) Data on the GPIO lines can be read from the “PIN” register.

4. Example to Accessing GPIO Registers

GPIO control Registers as shown in table-1 is located at an offset from Base Address Register-4
(BAR-4) as shown in figure-1. BAR-4 Address can be from any one of the enumerated Serial
COM port.
For Example:
“PIN” register of GPIO Control register is located at 0x3C0
Base Address-4 is allocated by the system with address 0xE1007000 as shown in Figure-1. Same
can be seen in Figure-2 (second BAR).
To the BAR-4 address location add 0x3C0 to access “PIN” Register of GPIO.
“PIN” register Address = 0xE10073C0.

Figure-1

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Figure-2 shows the BAR-4 starting address i.e. 0xE100700 in the MCS9865 Serial port Property
sheet.

Figure-2

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5. Contact information

Contact sales@moschip.com for commercial details

Write to techsupport@moschip.com for technical queries

6. Revision history

Date Reason for change Version

th
14 April 2008 Initial draft 0.1

14th May 2008 Updated per internal review feedback 0.2

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