PIC16F684-I/SLG Microchip, PIC16F684-I/SLG Datasheet - Page 19

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2.3
The Program Counter (PC) is 13 bits wide. The low byte
comes from the PCL register, which is a readable and
writable register. The high byte (PC<12:8>) is not
directly readable or writable and comes from PCLATH.
On any Reset, the PC is cleared. Figure 2-3 shows the
two situations for the loading of the PC. The upper
example in Figure 2-3 shows how the PC is loaded on a
write to PCL (PCLATH<4:0>
ple in Figure 2-3 shows how the PC is loaded during a
CALL or GOTO instruction (PCLATH<4:3>
FIGURE 2-3:
2.3.1
A computed GOTO is accomplished by adding an offset
to the program counter (ADDWF PCL). When perform-
ing a table read using a computed GOTO method, care
should be exercised if the table location crosses a PCL
memory boundary (each 256-byte block). Refer to the
Application Note AN556, “Implementing a Table Read”
(DS00556).
2.3.2
The PIC16F684 Family has an 8-level x 13-bit wide
hardware stack (see Figure 2-1). The stack space is
not part of either program or data space and the stack
pointer is not readable or writable. The PC is PUSHed
onto the stack when a CALL instruction is executed or
an interrupt causes a branch. The stack is POPed in
the event of a RETURN,
instruction execution. PCLATH is not affected by a
PUSH or POP operation.
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PC
PC
12
12 11 10
2
PCL and PCLATH
PCH
5
PCLATH<4:3>
PCH
COMPUTED GOTO
STACK
PCLATH
PCLATH<4:0>
8
PCLATH
8
7
7
LOADING OF PC IN
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
PCL
PCL
PCH). The lower exam-
RETLW or a RETFIE
11
8
0
0
OPCODE <10:0>
ALU Result
GOTO, CALL
Instruction with
PCH).
Destination
PCL as
Preliminary
The stack operates as a circular buffer. This means that
after the stack has been PUSHed eight times, the ninth
push overwrites the value that was stored from the first
push. The tenth push overwrites the second push (and
so on).
2.4
The INDF register is not a physical register. Addressing
the INDF register will cause indirect addressing.
Indirect addressing is possible by using the INDF
register. Any instruction using the INDF register
actually accesses data pointed to by the File Select
Register (FSR). Reading INDF itself indirectly will
produce 00h. Writing to the INDF register indirectly
results in a no operation (although Status bits may be
affected). An effective 9-bit address is obtained by
concatenating the 8-bit FSR and the IRP bit
(Status<7>), as shown in Figure 2-4.
A simple program to clear RAM location 20h-2Fh using
indirect addressing is shown in Example 2-1.
EXAMPLE 2-1:
NEXT
CONTINUE
Note 1: There are no Status bits to indicate stack
2: There are no instructions/mnemonics
Indirect Addressing, INDF and
FSR Registers
MOVLW0x20;initialize pointer
MOVWFFSR ;to RAM
CLRFINDF ;clear INDF register
INCFFSR ;INC POINTER
BTFSSFSR,4;all done?
GOTONEXT ;no clear next
overflow or stack underflow conditions.
called PUSH or POP. These are actions
that occur from the execution of the
CALL, RETURN, RETLW and RETFIE
instructions or the vectoring to an
interrupt address.
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INDIRECT ADDRESSING
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