EE 476: Homework 4

Due At the start of your 4th lab period

1. The keypad scanning routine given in Lab 4 uses a scheme where the upper and lower nibbles of an i/o register are alternately used for input and output. Figure out a way to scan a 4x4 keypad which drives the vertical wires as 4 output bits and reads the horizontal wires as inputs, with no i/o swapping. Does either scheme have an advantage?
2. Modify the getfloat() code on the serial communication page so that you have one input routine which can return an integer, a string, or a float depending on an input parameter.
3. Discuss how you will implement the required day:hrs:min clock. Note that any scheme which involves reloading timer0 will not be accurate enough.