Microchip dsPIC microcontrollers

16-bit PIC microcontroller-based Embedded Systems

1. PIC24 microcontrollers
2. dsPIC Digital Signal Conditioners (DSC)
PIC24 family of microcontrollers
1. PIC24F Low Power

2. PIC24H/E High Performance

dsPIC family of DSC

1. dsPIC30F 5V operation
2. dsPIC33F/E High Performance

We will be using dsPIC30F4013.

40 Pin

48k Program Memory

2k Data Memory
1k EEPROM
5 16-bit Timers
4 Input Capture and 4 Output Compare/PWM
13 Channel 12-bit ADC
2 UART

1 SPI and 1 I2C

1 CAN

Applications
In addition to the Mid-range PIC application

Advanced Motor Control

Speech and Audio Embedded Applications
Graphics Display
Advanced Communication Peripherals
Deterministic Interrupt Response
On-Chip Oscillator
Hardware Real-Time Clock

DSP Applications; FFT, Filters etc.

dsPIC Resources
dsPIC microcontrollers are relatively new devices. There
are few source of information:

1- dsPIC30F3014-4013 datasheet
2- dsPIC Master Reference Manual

3- Programming dsPIC (Digital Signal Controllers) in C

3- mikroC PRO for dsPIC Help option of the Compiler

Pinouts

dsPIC30F4013 Program space memory

RESET Vector at 0x00

Interrupt Vector Table

0x000004 to 0000x7FE

Data Space memory

is split into two
blocks of X and Y

Data Space is
separate for some
DSP instructions
and linear for MCU
instructions

Digital Inputs/Outputs
dsPICF4013 has 5 ports.
Not all the pin are available on each port.
PORTA- 1 bit, RA11
PORTB- 13 bits, RB0-12
PORTC- 3 bits, RC13-15
PORTD- 6 bits, RD0-3 and RD8-9
PORTF- 7 bits, RF0-6

PORTA

PORTBL

PORTBH

PORTF

PORTD

To allow maximum flexibility, the I/O pins are grouped onto

the ports.
Bit 0

Bit 1

PORTA
PORTBL

Bit 2

Bit 3

Bit 4

RC13 RC14
RB3

Bit 5

Bit 6

Bit 7

RB6

RB7

RA11

RB0

RB1

RB2

RB4

RB5

PORTBH RB8

RB9

RB10 RB11 RB12

PORTD

RD0

RD1

RD2

RD3

RD8

RD9

PORTF

RF0

RF1

RF2

RF3

RF4

RF5

RF6

Programming digital Inputs and outputs

3 registers are associated with each I/O pin.
1- TRISx

2- LATx
3- PORTx

TRISx determines whether the pin is an input or an

output.
1 makes the pin input

0 makes the pin output

The relevant registers are:

TRISA TRISB TRISC TRISD TRISF

A read from latch instruction reads the latch (LATx)

A write to latch instruction writes to the latch (LATx)
A read from the port (PORTx) reads the pin
A write to the port (PORTx) writes to the pin

Configuring TRISx and outputs

TRISF=0x00;

// Make all the bits of PORTF output

To change a bit to output without affecting status of other

bits use masking technique using AND & operator.
For example to make bit 0 of PORTF output without
changing other bits:

TRISF=(LATF&0xfe);
Original TRISF

Mask

New TRISF

Configuring TRISx and inputs

TRISF=0x00;

// Make all the bits of PORTF output

To change a bit to input without affecting status of other

bits use masking technique and OR | operator.
For example to make bit 1 of PORTF input without
changing other bits:
TRISF=(LATF|0x02);
Original TRISF

Mask

New TRISF

Changing status of output without affecting others

TRISF=0x00;

// Make PORTF output

PORTF=0x0f;

// Turn bits 0-3 on & 4-7 off

To turn bit 0 on without affecting other bits:

PORTF=(LATF&0xff)|0x01;
Alternatively:
PORTF.B0=1;

Tutorial
1- Make PORTB output.
2- Make bits 0 and 1 of PORTB input.
3- Turn bit 3 on.

ADPCFG register
PORTB can be used as a digital I/O port or as analogue
input port for the ADC converter. ADPCFG is used to
assign each bit of PORTB as digital or analogue port.
Bit15

Bit14

Bit13

Bit12

Bit11

Bit10

Bit 9

Bit 8

Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

PCF
G15

PCF
G14

PCF
G13

PCF
G12

PCF
G11

PCF
G10

PCF
G9

PCF
G8

PCF
G7

PCF
G6

PCF
G5

PCF
G4

PCF
G3

PCF
G2

PCF
G1

PCF
G0

Note: In order to use PORTB pins for digital I/O, the

corresponding bits in the ADPCFG register must be set
to 1, even if the A/D module is turned off.
For example to make PORTBL digital port and PORTBH
analogue add the following line to your programs.

ADPCFG=0x00ff;

Digital I/O example program 1

Turn all the LEDs connected to PORTBL on when RB8 is
pressed.
void main( ) {
ADPCFG=0x01ff; // Configure PORTBL port as digital
TRISB=(TRISB&0xff00)|0x0100; // Make PORTBL
output & RD8 input
while(1)
{
//if(PORTD.B0) PORTB=0x00ff; // Turn PORTBL on
// A better way is
if(PORTD.B0) PORTB=(LATB&0xff00)|0x00ff;
else PORTB=0x0000;
}
}

Digital I/O example program 2

Turn all the LEDs connected to PORTBL on when RD0
is pressed. Turn off the LEDs when RD1 is pressed.
void main( ) {
ADPCFG=0x00ff; // Configure PORTBL port as digital
//TRISB=0xff00; // Make PORTBL output
TRISB=(LATB&0x1f00); // Alternative better method
TRISD=0xff;
// Make PORTF input
while(1)
{
if (PORTD.B0==1)
{PORTB=0x00ff; }
if(PORTD.B1==1)
{PORTB=0x0000;}
}}

Digital I/O Tutorial

Write a program to flash (turn on & off) bit 0 of PORTB
at regular intervals.
Reduce the flashing time intervals every time bit 1 of
PORTD is pressed.
Write your own delay function. For example:

void My_delay(int T)
{
int x,y;
for(y=0;y<T;y++)
{
for (x=0; x<300; x++);
}
}