Hi all,

Can someone explain to me what the line of code I have placed in the subject line means. Specifically, what I don't understand is the _BV().

Thanks for any and all helpwith this.

Respectfully,

Chuck Reel

Hi Chuck, the _BV is referencing a "macro" you can do a Google search for "C Macros" and you can search the Nerdkits forum for "_BV"

to see a lot of discussions.

Ralph

That stands for bit value and is the same as saying PORTD |= (1<<1); if it was _BV(4) it would be (1<<4) etc... Just a shortcut that is sometimes used for code compatability or ease of writing or personal preference. I know one of our friends here (Noter) uses this method often. He may be able to explain it better than I.

HERE IS A LINK to the avr-libc doc for that.

Rick

Thanks Guys, I saw it used in several code examples I saw in various places, but I never really saw a clear explanation of what it meant.