Digital I/O Registers

9.3 Digital I/O Registers

Seven registers are used to configure P1 and P2. Four registers are used to configure ports P3 - P6. The digital I/O registers are listed in Table 9−1.

Table 9−1. Digital I/O Registers

Port

Register

Short Form

Address

Register Type

Initial State

P1

Input

P1IN

020h

Read only

 

Output

P1OUT

021h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P1DIR

022h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Interrupt Flag

P1IFG

023h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Interrupt Edge Select

P1IES

024h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Interrupt Enable

P1IE

025h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P1SEL

026h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2

Input

P2IN

028h

Read only

 

Output

P2OUT

029h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P2DIR

02Ah

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Interrupt Flag

P2IFG

02Bh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Interrupt Edge Select

P2IES

02Ch

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Interrupt Enable

P2IE

02Dh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P2SEL

02Eh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

P3

Input

P3IN

018h

Read only

 

Output

P3OUT

019h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P3DIR

01Ah

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P3SEL

01Bh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

P4

Input

P4IN

01Ch

Read only

 

Output

P4OUT

01Dh

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P4DIR

01Eh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P4SEL

01Fh

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

P5

Input

P5IN

030h

Read only

 

Output

P5OUT

031h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P5DIR

032h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P5SEL

033h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

 

 

 

 

 

P6

Input

P6IN

034h

Read only

 

Output

P6OUT

035h

Read/write

Unchanged

 

Direction

P6DIR

036h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

 

Port Select

P6SEL

037h

Read/write

Reset with PUC

Digital I/O

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