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Re: Problems reading io pins as a group

Quote:
Originally Posted by deltacoder1020
worse case scenario, you could always just do this:
Code:
portAvalue = (rc_dig_in01 << 3) & (rc_dig_in02 << 2) & (rc_dig_in03 << 1) & rc_dig_in04;
Shouldn't it be
Code:
portAvalue = (rc_dig_in01 << 3) + (rc_dig_in02 << 2) + (rc_dig_in03 << 1) + rc_dig_in04;
[EDIT]
actually it should be
Code:
portAvalue = (rc_dig_in04 << 3) + (rc_dig_in03 << 2) + (rc_dig_in02 << 1) + rc_dig_in01;
since rc_dig_in01 is in bit0 (least significant) of PORTA
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