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Re: [avr-gcc-list] Problem with timer0 overflow interrupt in c language.
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Julius Luukko |
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Re: [avr-gcc-list] Problem with timer0 overflow interrupt in c language.. |
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Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:55:16 +0200 |
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On Friday 07 December 2007, David VanHorn wrote:
> > Next you are counting on reading the state of PORTB to toggle its
> > output. With many CPUs reading an output port reads the actual pin
> > states not the value previously written. I don't recall the AVR acts
> > that way, but there is an easier way to toggle an AVR output pin: Write
> > a 1 to its input. Like this:
> >
> > PINB = 0xff; // toggle all output pins on PORTB
>
> Reading the PORT register tells you what the bits are supposed to be.
> Reading the PIN register tells you what they ARE. (assuming they are
> inputs) Toggling by writing to PIN does not work on all AVRs.
>
> The easiest version would be to read PORT into a register, invert it,
> and write it back.
> Alternatively, you could save a byte in SRAM or a register, and every
> timer through, complement it and write to PORT.
Or let the compiler handle reading from PIN and writing to PORT by using:
PORTB ^= 0xff;
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Julius