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January28,2013

Basic Registers
DownloadUserManualforLPC2148Chapter7,PAGE75

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PINSEL Registers
MostofthepinsonLPC2148aremultifunctional,everypincanbeusedtoperformoneoftheassignedfunctiontoitdependonthesettingof
PINSELregisterofthespecificporttowhichthatpinbelongs.

ForexampleintheLPC214Xpindiagramabove,pinnumber1islabeledasP0.21/PWM5/AD1.6/CAP1.3,itmeansthispincanfunctionin
4modes.Itcanbeeither
PORT0.21(GPIO)or
PWMOut5or
ADC1inputforchannel6thatisAD1.6or
CAP1.3TimerCapturePin
Outofthelisted4possiblefunctions,Pin1canfunctionasanyoneatonce.Currentfunctionofanypincanbe
configuredusingcorrespondingPINSELregisterinthiscasePINSEL0orPINSEL1(havetocheckindatasheet),for
everymultifunctionalpin,defaultfunctionalityisalwaysGPIOprovidedGPIOisoneofthefunctions.

forLPC2148thereare3PINSELregisters,PINSELx(x:0,1,2),refertodatasheetformoredetailschecktable60
onwards.

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Fast GPIO Registers

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ToenableFastInputOutput,SystemControlandStatusregister(SCS)shouldbegivenvalue3.
REFERtoUserManualformoredetailsonIODIR,IOSET,IOCLRcheckonPagenumber81onwards,itsChapter8

For writing C Code recipe

IO0DIR = 000000080 // Pin PORT0.7 configured as output
IO0SET = 000000080//Pin PORT0.7 goes HIGH
IO0CLR = 000000080//Pin PORT0.7 goes LOW
IO0SET = 000000080//Pin PORT0.7 goes HIGH
Difference between FAST & GP Input Output

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IhopeyoucanintuitivelydeducethedifferencebetweenFastGPIOandGenerelPurposeInputOutput.Fastinputoutputcontrollerblockis
connectedtotheARMlocalbuswhileGPIOblockisconnectedwithPeripheralBusofthecontrollersystem.

A note about usage of IOPIN register

WritetotheIOPINregisterenablesinstantaneousoutputofadesiredcontentontheparallelGPIO.BinarydatawrittenintotheIOPINregister
willaffectalloutputconfiguredpinsofthatparallelport:0sintheIOPINwillproducelowlevelpinoutputsand1sinIOPINwillproducehigh
levelpinoutputs.InordertochangeoutputofonlyagroupofPORTApins,applicationmustlogicallyANDreadoutfromtheIOPINwithmask
containing0sinbitscorrespondingtopinsthatwillbechanged,and1sforallothers.Finally,thisresulthastobelogicallyORredwiththe
desiredcontentandstoredbackintotheIOPINregister.
ForExample

IO0PIN=(IO0PIN&&0xFFFF00FF)|0x0000A500

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