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GPIO Registers

5.1 GPIO Registers

The GPIO register set includes required registers such as peripheral identifi- cation and emulation control. The GPIO registers are listed in Table 5–1. See the device-specific datasheet for the memory address of these registers.

Table 5–1. Video Port Registers

Acronym	Register Name	Section
VPPID	Video Port Peripheral Identification Register	5.1.1
PCR	Video Port Power Management Register	5.1.2
PFUNC	Video Port Pin Function Register	5.1.3
PDIR	Video Port GPIO Direction Control Register 0	5.1.5
PDIN	Video Port GPIO Data Input Register	5.1.6
PDOUT	Video Port GPIO Data Output Register	5.1.7
PDSET	Video Port GPIO Data Set Register	5.1.8
PDCLR	Video Port GPIO Data Clear Register	5.1.8
PIEN	Video Port GPIO Interrupt Enable Register	5.1.9
PIPOL	Video Port GPIO Interrupt Polarity Register	5.1.10
PISTAT	Video Port GPIO Interrupt Status Register	5.1.11
PICLR	Video Port GPIO Interrupt Clear Register	5.1.12

5-2

General Purpose I/O Operation

SPRU629

TMS320C64x DSP specifications

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5.1 GPIO Registers

Table 5–1. Video Port Registers

Acronym

PCR

TMS320C64x DSP specifications