Re: What is the purpose of GPIO pins.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 05:53:00PM +0530, krishna wrote: >NO, Sorry I wasn't clear. >I am asking about GPIO controllers used in HandHeld Devices. Embedded CPUs usually have general purpose I/O pins for all kind of stuff; you can just use them as inputs (for example for reading keyboards),

Re: What is the purpose of GPIO pins.

Hi, NO, Sorry I wasn't clear. I am asking about GPIO controllers used in HandHeld Devices. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya linux-os wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, krishna wrote: Hi all, Can any one tell me the purpose GPIO pin serves. How are GPIO pins better than dedicated pins, considering

Re: What is the purpose of GPIO pins.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, krishna wrote: Hi all, Can any one tell me the purpose GPIO pin serves. How are GPIO pins better than dedicated pins, considering hardware design view and for programming view. Do you mean General Purpose I/O bits on a chip? ^ ^ ^ ^ If so, it is in