2004 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS30491C-page 131
PIC18F6585/8585/6680/8680
10.3
PORTC, TRISC and LATC
Registers
PORTC is an 8-bit wide, bidirectional port. The corre-
sponding data direction register is TRISC. Setting a
TRISC bit (= 1) will make the corresponding PORTC
pin an input (i.e., put the corresponding output driver in
a high-impedance mode). Clearing a TRISC bit (= 0)
will make the corresponding PORTC pin an output (i.e.,
put the contents of the output latch on the selected pin).
The Data Latch register (LATC) is also memory mapped.
Read-modify-write operations on the LATC register read
and write the latched output value for PORTC.
PORTC is multiplexed with several peripheral functions
buffers.
When enabling peripheral functions, care should be
taken in defining TRIS bits for each PORTC pin. Some
peripherals override the TRIS bit to make a pin an
output, while other peripherals override the TRIS bit to
make a pin an input. The user should refer to the corre-
sponding peripheral section for the correct TRIS bit
settings.
The pin override value is not loaded into the TRIS reg-
ister. This allows read-modify-write of the TRIS register
without concern due to peripheral overrides.
RC1 is normally configured by configuration bit,
CCP2MX, as the default peripheral pin of the CCP2
module (default/erased state, CCP2MX = 1).
EXAMPLE 10-3:
INITIALIZING PORTC
FIGURE 10-8:
PORTC BLOCK DIAGRAM (PERIPHERAL OUTPUT OVERRIDE)
Note:
On a Power-on Reset, these pins are
configured as digital inputs.
CLRF
PORTC
; Initialize PORTC by
; clearing output
; data latches
CLRF
LATC
; Alternate method
; to clear output
; data latches
MOVLW
0CFh
; Value used to
; initialize data
; direction
MOVWF
TRISC
; Set RC<3:0> as inputs
; RC<5:4> as outputs
; RC<7:6> as inputs
PORTC/Peripheral Out Select
Data Bus
WR LATC
WR TRISC
Data Latch
TRIS Latch
RD TRISC
Q
D
Q
CK
QD
EN
Peripheral Data Out
0
1
Q
D
Q
CK
P
N
VDD
VSS
RD PORTC
Peripheral Data In
I/O pin(1)
or
WR PORTC
RD LATC
Schmitt
Trigger
Note
1: I/O pins have diode protection to VDD and VSS.
2: Peripheral output enable is only active if peripheral select is active.
TRIS
Override
Peripheral Output
Logic
TRIS OVERRIDE
Pin
Override
Peripheral
RC0
Yes
Timer1 Osc for
Timer1/Timer3
RC1
Yes
Timer1 Osc for
Timer1/Timer3,
CCP2 I/O
RC2
Yes
CCP1 I/O
RC3
Yes
SPI/I2C
Master Clock
RC4
Yes
I2C Data Out
RC5
Yes
SPI Data Out
RC6
Yes
USART Async
Xmit, Sync Clock
RC7
Yes
USART Sync
Data Out
Enable(2)