Hi, quick question out of interest more than anything else. I'm designing a board incorporating PIC24FV32KA304 and I've noticed that the port pins are separated out around the IC. My code benefits if I can have the 6 controls of a 3-phase bridge on the same port. To my surprise I'm struggling to find 6 pins of the same port adjacent to each other. Is there a good reason why the layout is such? Perhaps there's a benefit of this that I'm missing? I'm upgrading from a PIC18F2620 (28 pin, SOIC) where the port pins are indeed adjacent to each other
eg . RC0-2 are on the RH side, RC3-5 are on the top, RC6-9 are on the LH side.
eg . RC0-2 are on the RH side, RC3-5 are on the top, RC6-9 are on the LH side.