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PSD9XX Family

Preliminary Information

The

PSD9XX

Functional

Blocks

(cont.)

9.4 I/O Ports

There are four programmable I/O ports: Ports A, B, C, and D. Each of the ports is eight

bits except Port D, which is 3 bits. Each port pin is individually user configurable, thus

allowing multiple functions per port. The ports are configured using PSDsoft or by the

microcontroller writing to on-chip registers in the CSIOP address space.

The topics discussed in this section are:

• General Port Architecture

• Port Operating Modes

• Port Configuration Registers

• Port Data Registers

• Individual Port Functionality.

9.4.1 General Port Architecture

The general architecture of the I/O Port is shown in Figure 19. Individual Port architectures

are shown in Figures 20 through 22. In general, once the purpose for a port pin has been

defined, that pin will no longer be available for other purposes. Exceptions will be noted.

As shown in Figure 19, the ports contain an output multiplexer whose selects are driven

by the configuration bits in the Control Registers (Ports A and B only) and PSDsoft. Inputs

to the multiplexer include the following:

t Output data from the Data Out Register

t Latched address outputs

t General Purpose PLD (GPLD) outputs (external chip selects)

The Port Data Buffer (PDB) is a tri-state buffer that allows only one source at a time to be

read. The PDB is connected to the Internal Data Bus for feedback and can be read by the

microcontroller. The Data Out, Direction and Control Registers, and port pin input are all

connected to the PDB.

The contents of these registers can be altered by the microcontroller. The PDB feedback

path allows the microcontroller to check the contents of the registers.

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