Checking Pin State

[rayhall]

How do I check if a input pin (PAD07) is low or high. I have a 10k pullup on the pin. This is what I have tried,

unsigned char pinstate;

pinstate = PT0AD0;

and

pinstate = PT0AD0 & 0x80;

and

pinstate = PT0AD0_PT0AD07;

and

pinstate = PT0AD0 & PT0AD0_PT0AD07;

None of them give me a value that makes sense.

Ray.

[Martin35804]

Hi,

try to read out the proper port 8 bit value. Just like when you set it.

For instance:

PT0AD |=  1 << PT0AD2;     // sets the bit for the PT0AD2 high = 0b0000 0100 = 0x04

int pinState = PT0AD;          // read the 8bit value of the port to pinState variable that can be visualized in selected from, e.g. hex, bin, dec...

When you want to read pin state you have to read out the whole port register.