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the fact that this is a quiz
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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Toggling, Setting, and Clearing Bits
// Quiz Time: Toggling, Setting, and Clearing Bits
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Another exciting thing about Zig is its suitability for embedded
// programming. Your Zig code doesn't have to remain on your laptop. You can
// also deploy your code to microcontrollers! This means you can write Zig to
// drive your next robot or greenhouse climate control system! Ready to enter
// the exciting world of embedded programming? This exercise is designed to
// give you a taste of what it's like to control registers in a
// microcontroller. Let's get started!
// the exciting world of embedded programming? This quiz is designed to test
// your knowledge of bit manipulationh in Zig while also giving you a taste of
// what it's like to control registers in a microcontroller. Let's get started!
//
// A common activity in microcontroller programming is setting and clearing
// bits on input and output pins. This lets you control LEDs, sensors, motors
// and more! In a previous exercise (097_bit_manipulation.zig) you learned how
// to swap two bytes using the ^ (XOR - exclusive or) operator. In this
// exercise, we'll take a closer look at bit manipulation and how we can write
// quiz, we'll take a closer look at bit manipulation and how we can write
// code that sets and clears specific bits as we would if we were programming
// the pins on a real microcontroller. Included at the end of this exercise are
// some helper functions that demonstrate how we might make our code a little
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// PORTB
//
// Drawing inspiration from this diagram, we'll use the pins for PORTB as our
// mental model for this exercise in bit manipulation. It should be noted that
// in the following examples we are using ordinary variables, one of which we
// mental model for this quiz on bit manipulation. It should be noted that
// in the following problems we are using ordinary variables, one of which we
// have named PORTB, to simulate modifying the bits of real hardware registers.
// But in actual microcontroller code, PORTB would be defined something like
// this:
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// This lets the compiler know not to make any optimizations to PORTB so that
// the IO pins are properly mapped to our code.
//
// NOTE : To keep things simple, the following examples are given using type
// NOTE : To keep things simple, the following problems are given using type
// u4, so applying the output to PORTB would only affect the lower four pins
// PB0..PB3. Of course, there is nothing to prevent you from swapping the u4
// with a u8 so you can control all 8 of PORTB's IO pins.