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Brindan



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If condition not working properly
PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:09 pm     Reply with quote

I have written a simple code but if condition in it, is not working properly. I am actually trying to make a 4x4 keypad driver but this is just initial testing. Can anyone point out the problem for me?

Code:
#include <18F4520.h>
#fuses NOWDT,PUT,BROWNOUT,NOLVP
#use delay(clock=4000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_C6, rcv=PIN_C7, ERRORS)

#include <lcd.c>
int a=0,b=0,c=0,d=0,e=0,f=0,g=0,h=0;

void main()
{
lcd_init();
setup_oscillator(OSC_4MHZ);
lcd_putc("Ready...");

a=input(pin_b0);
b=input(pin_b1);
c=input(pin_b2);
d=input(pin_b3);
e=input(pin_b4);
f=input(pin_b5);
g=input(pin_b6);
h=input(pin_b7);

while(1)
  {
   output_high(pin_b6);
   if (f==1 && a==1)
     output_high(pin_a1);
   lcd_putc("a");
  }
}
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:15 pm     Reply with quote

What CCS C Version are you using?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:46 pm     Reply with quote

The obvious problem is that a, and f are read outside the loop. Unless they are both high at the moment the chip is powered up, the 'if' will never execute.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:20 pm     Reply with quote

also this:
what you really have is:

Code:

if (f==1 && a==1)  output_high(pin_a1);
// following line always executed
   lcd_putc("a");

after you fix MR. T's observation,
because without { } -the IF statement is a ONE instruction branch...
thus
no matter what the IF test result is -
the LCD will output "a" in a very tight loop...........
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:58 pm     Reply with quote

Unfortunately, I'm betting he is familiar with Python - which does not use the {} but instead uses indent levels to determine code blocks. I have been playing with Python a bit and that indent level thing is driving me nuts (short drive) - I wish they did use brackets - less error prone !!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:09 am     Reply with quote

Even in Python the behaviour would be exactly as Asmboy comments.

The other thing probably being missed is just how 'quick/slow' things are.

By the time the message 'ready' actually appears on the display, the scan of the input pins will have long since been passed. It typically takes up to perhaps 1/4 second for the LCD to actually display the message sent to it. At 4Mhz, reading the pins will take about 32uSec....

I suspect he is possibly thinking of 'input', more like 'getc', and expecting the code to wait in some way for an event on the pins, rather than just reading them.
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