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finished description of gpio register banks
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mdbook/src/07-registers/README.md

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After all, the processor, on its own, can only do math and logic.
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This particular register controls General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) *pins* (GPIO *is* a
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peripheral) and can be used to *drive* each of those pins *low* or *high*. On the nRF52833, these
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pins are organized in
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peripheral) and can be used to *drive* each of those pins
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*low* or *high*.
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(On the nRF52833 there are more than 32
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GPIOs, yet the CPU is 32-bit. Thus, the GPIO
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pins are organized in two groups "P0" and "P1", with a set of registers
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for reading, writing and configuring each group. The address
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above is the address of the output register for the P0 pins.)
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## An aside: LEDs, digital outputs and voltage levels
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