/* Turns off the backlight. 
Clears the respective GPIO and timer settings. */
void halLcdShutDownBackLight(void)
/* Turns off the backlight. 
Clears the respective GPIO and timer settings. */
void halLcdShutDownBackLight(void)
{
  LCD_BACKLT_DIR |= LCD_BACKLIGHT_PIN;
  LCD_BACKLT_OUT &= ~(LCD_BACKLIGHT_PIN);
  LCD_BACKLT_SEL &= ~LCD_BACKLIGHT_PIN;
  TA0CCTL3 = 0;
  TA0CTL = 0;
  backlight = 0;
}