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PS022815-0206

General-Purpose I/O

Z8 Encore! XP® 4K Series

Product Specification

Architecture

Figure 7 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a GPIO port pin. In this figure, the abil-

ity to accommodate alternate functions and variable port current drive strength is not illus-

trated.

Figure 7.GPIO Port Pin Block Diagram

GPIO Alternate Functions

Many of the GPIO port pins can be used for general-purpose I/O and access to on-chip

peripheral functions such as the timers and serial communication devices. The Port A–D

Alternate Function sub-registers configure these pins for either General-Purpose I/O or

alternate function operation. When a pin is configured for alternate function, control of the

port pin direction (input/output) is passed from the Port A–D Data Direction registers to

the alternate function assigned to this pin. Table 15 on page 36 lists the alternate functions

possible with each port pin. For those pins with more one alternate function, the alternate

function is defined through Alternate Function Sets sub-registers AFS1 and AFS2.

The crystal oscillator functionality is not controlled by the GPIO block. When the crystal

oscillator is enabled in the oscillator control block, the GPIO functionality of PA0 and PA1

is overridden. In that case, those pins function as input and output for the crystal oscillator.

GND

VDD

Port Output Control

Port Data Direction

Port Output

Data Register

Port Input

Data Register

Port

DATA

Bus

System

Clock

System

Clock

Schmitt Trigger

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