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/*
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2011,2012,2013 Giovanni Di Sirio.
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/**
* @defgroup PAL PAL Driver
* @brief I/O Ports Abstraction Layer
* @details This module defines an abstract interface for digital I/O ports.
* Note that most I/O ports functions are just macros. The macros
* have default software implementations that can be redefined in a
* PAL Low Level Driver if the target hardware supports special
* features like, for example, atomic bit set/reset/masking. Please
* refer to the ports specific documentation for details.<br>
* The @ref PAL has the advantage to make the access to the I/O
* ports platform independent and still be optimized for the specific
* architectures.<br>
* Note that the PAL Low Level Driver may also offer non standard
* macro and functions in order to support specific features but,
* of course, the use of such interfaces would not be portable.
* Such interfaces shall be marked with the architecture name inside
* the function names.
* @pre In order to use the PAL driver the @p HAL_USE_PAL option
* must be enabled in @p halconf.h.
*
* @section pal_1 Implementation Rules
* In implementing a PAL Low Level Driver there are some rules/behaviors that
* should be respected.
*
* @subsection pal_1_1 Writing on input pads
* The behavior is not specified but there are implementations better than
* others, this is the list of possible implementations, preferred options
* are on top:
* -# The written value is not actually output but latched, should the pads
* be reprogrammed as outputs the value would be in effect.
* -# The write operation is ignored.
* -# The write operation has side effects, as example disabling/enabling
* pull up/down resistors or changing the pad direction. This scenario is
* discouraged, please try to avoid this scenario.
* .
* @subsection pal_1_2 Reading from output pads
* The behavior is not specified but there are implementations better than
* others, this is the list of possible implementations, preferred options
* are on top:
* -# The actual pads states are read (not the output latch).
* -# The output latch value is read (regardless of the actual pads states).
* -# Unspecified, please try to avoid this scenario.
* .
* @subsection pal_1_3 Writing unused or unimplemented port bits
* The behavior is not specified.
*
* @subsection pal_1_4 Reading from unused or unimplemented port bits
* The behavior is not specified.
*
* @subsection pal_1_5 Reading or writing on pins associated to other functionalities
* The behavior is not specified.
*
* @ingroup IO
*/