Reference a port pin from a variable

[JimAvanti]

I know you can reference an I/O pin for a given port in a loop such as “PortC.0(idx)”. I was wondering if there was a similar way to reference pins from multiple ports in one loop. I am looking to access Pins from ports A, B, C, D, and E.

Thanks,
Jim

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
Looking at the datasheet for the 16F877 for example it shows that all the port registers are concecuitive in memory. So I think it'll work to just do something like

FOR i = 0 to 34 35 bits (depending on how wide PortE is)
TOGGLE PORTA.0[i]
NEXT

Just be careful so you don't write beyond the port registers and obviosuly there will be a "gap" at bits 6 and 7 of port A.
Never tried it myself.

/Henrik.

[JimAvanti]

Henrik,
I was thinking the same thing might work, but haven't tried it yet. I will actually be getting the port index from eeprom data, so gaps and order won't matter. I will give it a try and let you know how it worked.

Thanks,
Jim

[JimAvanti]

I just tried that suggestion and it worked.

Thanks,
Jim

Hi,
Looking at the datasheet for the 16F877 for example it shows that all the port registers are concecuitive in memory. So I think it'll work to just do something like

FOR i = 0 to 34 35 bits (depending on how wide PortE is)
TOGGLE PORTA.0[i]
NEXT

Just be careful so you don't write beyond the port registers and obviosuly there will be a "gap" at bits 6 and 7 of port A.
Never tried it myself.

/Henrik.