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AT90S/LS8535
1041H–11/01
I/O Ports
All AVR ports have true read-modify-write functionality when used as general digital I/O
ports. This means that the direction of one port pin can be changed without unintention-
ally changing the direction of any other pin with the SBI and CBI instructions. The same
applies for changing drive value (if configured as output) or enabling/disabling of pull-up
resistors (if configured as input).
Port A
Port A is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port.
Three I/O memory address locations are allocated for Port A, one each for the Data
Register – PORTA, $1B($3B), Data Direction Register – DDRA, $1A($3A) and the Port
A Input Pins – PINA, $19($39). The Port A Input Pins address is read-only, while the
Data Register and the Data Direction Register are read/write.
All port pins have individually selectable pull-up resistors. The Port A output buffers can
sink 20 mA and thus drive LED displays directly. When pins PA0 to PA7 are used as
inputs and are externally pulled low, they will source current if the internal pull-up resis-
tors are activated.
Port A has an alternate function as analog inputs for the ADC. If some Port A pins are
configured as outputs, it is essential that these do not switch when a conversion is in
progress. This might corrupt the result of the conversion.
During Power-down mode, the Schmitt trigger of the digital input is disconnected. This
allows analog signals that are close to V
CC
/2 to be present during power-down without
causing excessive power consumption.
Port A Data Register – PORTA
Port A Data Direction Register
– DDRA
Port A Input Pins Address –
PINA
The Port A Input Pins address (PINA) is not a register; this address enables access to
the physical value on each Port A pin. When reading PORTA, the Port A Data Latch is
read and when reading PINA, the logical values present on the pins are read.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
$1B ($3B)
PORTA7
PORTA6
PORTA5
PORTA4
PORTA3
PORTA2
PORTA1
PORTA0
PORTA
Read/Write
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
$1A ($3A)
DDA7
DDA6
DDA5
DDA4
DDA3
DDA2
DDA1
DDA0
DDRA
Read/Write
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
$19 ($39)
PINA7
PINA6
PINA5
PINA4
PINA3
PINA2
PINA1
PINA0
PINA
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Initial Value
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A