A rant about port configurations

[kenif]

Great timing as this exact problem has just consumed about 5 hours and I seem to hit a similar brick wall with every new PIC.

18F27J53 ~ outputs OK, inputs always read 0.
I know what the problem is, just can't fix it. Is there something else besides ADCON that needs setting?

Datasheet: ADON: A/D On bit 1 = A/D Converter module is enabled 0 = A/D Converter module is disabled
Tried ADCON0 = $0F, ADCON0 = %00000000 and all the individual bits such as ADCON0.0 = 0.

Instead of a rant at Microchip, this should be a programming project or feature request for the IDE.
Heck, if I knew how to set ADCON, I'd program it myself...

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
The ADCON register controls the the actual converter, not the input buffers of the pins. For the 27J53, check the ANCON0 and ANCON1 registers, page 371 in the datasheet.

The ANCON0 and ANCON1 registers are used to configure the operation of the I/O pin associated with each analog channel. Setting any one of the PCFG bits configures the corresponding pin to operate as a digital
only I/O. Clearing a bit configures the pin to operate as an analog input for either the A/D Converter or the comparator module. All digital peripherals are disabled and digital inputs read as ‘0’. As a rule, I/O pins that are multiplexed with analog inputs default to analog operation on device Resets.

Looking up ANCON0 and ANCON1 in table 5.1 (page 76) shows that they default to all zeros at POR meaning that when the chip powers up all analog pins are analog.

/Henrik.

[kenif]

Thanks, Henrik, that did it.
I'll be back on this project in a couple of days and you saved a lot of brain hurt.
Ken