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If a GPIO pin is not interrupt configurable as external interrupt, is it still possible by any chance to detect the button press on the pin without polling just like an interrupt?

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    Seems unlikely, which micro? There may be bodges like configuring the pin as analogue and having an analogue watchdog interrupt when it goes above/below a level, or similar with a comparator or timer input capture or something. – Colin Sep 24 '20 at 10:07
  • Here it is. Please refer to page number 12. The pin is P71/GE_SPDQ0/GE_HBCSX0 35 [https://www.cypress.com/file/236586/download] – Nikeboy Sep 24 '20 at 10:56
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    Depends on what other internal peripheral modules are connected to that pin. Maybe there's a timer which you could configure to generate an interrupt after a single count or something like that. Can you share some more info - which micro and which pin? – brhans Sep 24 '20 at 12:24

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Not directly, but if you have a periodic interrupt going for other purposes you could add a poll of your button in there. If you don't, you could add a periodic interrupt at some nominal rate (20-100ms) and poll your button there (assuming this is a human-pushed button, you don't need any more resolution than that).

This doesn't save you the wasted time of reading a button that hasn't changed, but it does save you the hassle of polling in the background.

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