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[ts-7000] Re: TS-7200 PortB DIO/COM3 as Inputs

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7200 PortB DIO/COM3 as Inputs
From: "linna_lisa" <>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:48:47 -0000
I checked the voltage on the input pins and found that they're 3.3V 
so it's a definite '1'.  I have nothing connected to it so it's 
coming from somewhere else on the board for some reason.

-Confused


--- In  Michael Schmidt <> wrote:
>
> linna_lisa wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I'm using PortB as DIO with the direction register set up as 0x0F 
so I 
> > can use the first 1-4 as outputs and 6-9 as inputs (pin 5 is 
ground).  
> > The outputs work fine but when I'm trying to use the inputs all 
the 
> > pins are high even though they shouldn't be.  For a while I was 
trying 
> > to figure out why my (simple) code wasn't working, then I put a 
few 
> > print statements in to see where it was hanging up and found it 
was 
> > going to a part of the code which was based on one of these 
inputs 
> > being high.  I knew the input shouldn't be high but just to make 
sure i 
> > took out all the connections to verify it couldn't possibly be 
coming 
> > from my circuit.  
> 
>  > With nothing going to any of the inputs the pins are
> > a logic '1', which must be coming from somewhere else on the 
board.  
> 
> It sounds like there is an internal pull-up resistor on the EP9302 
GPIO 
> pins.  Typically this will be a very weak pull-up, so you will only 
see 
> the effect when the pin is configured as an input with nothing 
connected.
> 
> 
>   ______   Best Regards,
> |__  __/                  Michael Schmidt
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>     ||echnologic Systems (EmbeddedARM.com)
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