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I am trying to read the 'select' pins at connector "C1" (N2~N7) in the attached schematic. These are directly connected to the A0~A5 analog in pins on the UNO (the "C2" data lines are connected D2-D9) The physical keyboard is not connected.

schematic.jpg
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Noticed some suggestions on here to use direct port manipulation for speed so i have tried to refactor from DigitalRead. Now, I have the following code:

void loop() {

  readSelect = int(PINC);

  Serial.println(readSelect);

  switch(readSelect) {
    case 1 :
      updatePins(0);
      break;
    case 2:
      updatePins(1);
      break;
    case 4:
      updatePins(2);
      break;
    case 10:
      updatePins(3);
      break;
    case 20:
      updatePins(4);
      break;
    case 40:
      updatePins(5);
      break;
    default:
      readError();
  }
  
}

Expecting one pin to be active at a time. updatePins() never gets called. Sample output from the serial monitor:

29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 61 29 ... 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29 31 29

Previously, using the DigitalRead function it seemed all the pins were reading HIGH all of the time. The "C2" connector pins are supposed to be 'on' when receiving 9 volts. I have measured ~7V to ground from the connector "C1" pins, direct connections between "C1" and "C2" work as expected, a note is played.

I would like some advice on how to connect and read these pins if possible, thanks in advance.

sketch.ino (4.41 KB)