Practice Gpio Overview (8.3.1) - Timer, GPIO, and 7-Segment Peripherals
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GPIO Overview

Practice - GPIO Overview

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does GPIO stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the functions of these pins.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of pull-up resistors?

💡 Hint: Consider how you ensure a pin has a default state.

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Question 1

What does GPIO stand for?

General Purpose Input/Output
General Purpose Input/Oracle
General Purpose Outputs

💡 Hint: Focus on the main functions of these pins.

Question 2

True or False: GPIO pins can only be used as either input or output, not both.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the flexibility of GPIO.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a program using GPIO on a microcontroller where a button press should toggle an LED on and off. Explain how the code uses interrupts.

💡 Hint: Consider how the microcontroller detects changes in pin state.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain the concept of shared communication lines using GPIO and open-drain outputs in I2C. What are the benefits of this approach?

💡 Hint: Think about how devices can listen to each other on the same bus without interference.

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