DJM50122 EMDEDDED SYSTEM APPLICATION

CHAPTER 4
INPUT OUTPUT PORTS
PROGRAMMING
Prepared:
Norhaniza Azreen Bt Mohamed Mokhtar
Criteria for choosing a
microcontroller
● The amount of RAM and ROM.
● Power consumption. Especially for
battery powered.
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● The number of I/O pins and timers on
chip.
 PORT A
• PORT A is 6 bit wide and bi-
directional
• Its corresponding data direction
register is TRIS A
• If TRIS A port pin is set to 1,
corresponding port A pin will act as
an input and vice versa.
• PORT A is used for analog input
 PORT B
• Port B is 8 bit and bi –directional.
• Its corresponding data direction
register is TRIS B
• If TRIS B port pin is set to 1,
corresponding port B pin will act
as an input pin and vice versa
• Port B is used for data
transmission.
 PORT C
• Port C is 8 bit wide and bi –directional
• Its corresponding data direction
register is TRIS c
• If TRIS C Port pin is set to 1,
corresponding port C pin will act as an
input pin and vice versa.
• Port C is used for control registers
( serial communication, I2C functions,
serial data transfer )
 PORT D
● Port D is 8 bit wide and bi-
directional
● Its corresponding data direction
register is TRIS D
● If TRIS D port pin is set to 1,
corresponding port D pin will act as
an input pin and vice versa
● Port D is used as data port
PORT E
• Port E is 3 bit wide. They are for
read, write and chip select
operation.
• Each pin is individually
configurable as inputs and outputs
• Port E is generally used for
controlling purposes.
 CODE PIC INSTRUCTION FOR I/O
HANDLING
To use of i/o port as input or output port,
it must be programme

1.TRISx (8 bit)
2.PORTx (8 bit)
3.LATx (8 bit)
 TRIS
● TRIS x is register used for choosing if a PORTx pin should be an input
or an output Where x is the name of the port either of A,B,C,D,E.
● Every port has its own TRIS x register
 TRIS A
 TRIS B
 TRIS C
 TRIS D
 TRIS E
● Data direction (TRIS ) register needs to be set before the I/O operation
1 to make a port an input
0 to make a port an output
● After a RESET all port pin are defined as inputs
 PORT

● PORT x is the register of the physical pin you see on

your PIC

● Every PORT x pin has its corresponding TRIS x bit. If

you want PORTx bit 6 as an output , TRISx bit 6
should be 0.
 LATCH

• The latch register reads and modifies the write operation on

of I/O pin and stored the output data that is to be passed on
to the external hardware
• A write to the LATx register has the same effect as a write to
the PORTx register
TRIS REGISTER ROLE IN INPUTTING AND
OUTPUTTING DATA

• By clearing some bit of the TRIS register ( bit =0 ), the

corresponding port pin is configuration as OUTPUT.
• Similarly, by setting some bit of the TRIS register ( bit=1), the
corresponding port pin is configured as input

This rule is easy to remember

0 = Output , 1= Input
 Determine the value of TRIS register for
the following circuit.
SOLUTION

Step 1: analyze i/o pin

INPUT : Pin 2 and pin 4 of I/O port
OUTPUT : Pin 6 and pin 7 of I/O port

Step 2:
SET bit 2 and bit 4 of TRIS register
CLEAR bit 6 and bit7 of TRIS register

The value of TRIS register in binary is 00110101

If the external circuit is connected to port D,
we will write TRISD = 0b00110101
 EXAMPLE
Write C statement to make PORT B of PIC16F877A become
output.

to make these port serves as OUTPUT , we need to put 0’s bit in the register

TRISB = 0b00000000
TRY YOURSELF!!!
TRISB = 0b11011000