Setting PortB.7 as output on 16F627/8/48

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  1. - 28th January 2010, 19:36 #1
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    Default Setting PortB.7 as output on 16F627/8/48

    I'm having trouble getting PortB.1 to work as a digital output on a PIC16F648.
    I have pored over the documentation and tried all the registers - see below.
    What am I missing? I just need to blink an LED with this output and I'm committed to a PCB that locks me into this pin.

    TRISB = %00000000 ' set all as outputs
    CCP1CON = 0 ' turn off capture/compare mode (set all digital I/O)
    CMCON = 7 ' disable comparators
    OPTION_REG = %10000000 ' bit 7 = 1 disables weak pull-ups on portB
    INTCON = 0 ' disable interrupts

    What did I miss?
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    I do hope your program has some more lines ...

    Would you dare post them all ???

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    I'm committed to a PCB that locks me into this pin
    RB7 = PGD. Does your board have a PIC programmer connected, built-in, etc..?
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    Default OOps I meat PortB.0

    Forgive my dyslexic brain - my issue is with PORTB.0

    Well, all I need to test the output on PortB.7 is:

    LED var PortA.0
    Test:
    HIGH LED
    pause 500
    low LED
    pause 500
    goto test

    ... and it ain't blinken.
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    Geez,
    Forgive my confused last post. I was swapping things again. It's tough looking at the world through an upside down brain.

    SO I got in there with my test probes and I had also mis-read my PCB traces. It's actually PortB.1. Really! I checked 3 times this time.

    So is there some kind of register thing that I need to configure that as an output? It is the RX pin for hardware serial... is that a clue?

    Sorry for the confusion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Acetronics View Post
    I do hope your program has some more lines ...

    Would you dare post them all ???

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    No, because then YOU TOO would then know the secret of Matter / AntiMatter conversion, Time travel and Matter Teleportation . . . ;D . . . I will say sometimes HIGH / LOW does not work , and I do not know why. ALSO set your ports before your tris
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    Quote Originally Posted by tekart View Post
    Geez,
    Forgive my confused last post. I was swapping things again. It's tough looking at the world through an upside down brain.

    SO I got in there with my test probes and I had also mis-read my PCB traces. It's actually PortB.1. Really! I checked 3 times this time.

    So is there some kind of register thing that I need to configure that as an output? It is the RX pin for hardware serial... is that a clue?

    Sorry for the confusion.
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    Upside down brain . . . Here in KaliForeignYa people have added dimensions to that, cause 80% of the folks here (at least those who drive) are looking out of their . . . Backsides. You're doing alright ! Use the portB.1 = 1, or PortB.1 = 0 and I am pretty sure it will work.
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    Assuming RB1 really, really, really, swear to "insert whomever you worship here" IS
    the pin in question, then it can't ever be used for driving your LED if you have the hardware
    USART enabled....
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    Default Got it - was bad chip

    Thanks for the ideas, I swapped out the chip and it works, musta blown the output drivers when poking around with test probes. My blinky is working, I'm a happy camper!

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