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Then why do people even code using low-level registers when they can just use the core API?

roaibrain
– roaibrain

2018-08-23 10:00:08 +00:00
Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 10:00
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@Roshan: 1. Performance: digitalWrite(), for example, is more than 100 times slower than direct port access. 2. Hardware features: the core only provides access to the most generic stuff, you can fully exploit the hardware capabilities only if you access the hardware directly.

Edgar Bonet
– Edgar Bonet

2018-08-23 10:05:23 +00:00
Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 10:05

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