Practice Program 2: Reading Pushbutton Input And Controlling Led (4.2) - Introduction to ARM Microcontrollers - Basic I/O and Peripherals
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Program 2: Reading Pushbutton Input and Controlling LED

Practice - Program 2: Reading Pushbutton Input and Controlling LED - 4.2

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does GPIO stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about how a pin can act as either input or output.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of the RCC register?

💡 Hint: RCC is about 'Reset' and 'Clock'.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of GPIO pins?

Only for outputs
To connect to sensors
For input or output

💡 Hint: Remember that GPIO stands for General Purpose Input/Output.

Question 2

True or False: The IDR register is used for writing data to output pins.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the function of the IDR register regarding inputs.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Write a complete C program for STM32 microcontroller that reads a pushbutton state to toggle an LED using direct register access.

💡 Hint: Don't forget the internal pull-up for the button!

Challenge 2 Hard

Calculate the necessary setup if the pushbutton is active-high instead of active-low. What changes in the code?

💡 Hint: What happens if the logic is inverted?

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