MC908AZ32ACFUE Datasheet, PDF (313/324 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Glossary
A — See “accumulator (A).”
accumulator (A) — An 8-bit general-purpose register in the CPU08. The CPU08 uses the accumulator
to hold operands and results of arithmetic and logic operations.
acquisition mode — A mode of PLL operation during startup before the PLL locks on a frequency. Also
see "tracking mode."
address bus — The set of wires that the CPU or DMA uses to read and write memory locations.
addressing mode — The way that the CPU determines the operand address for an instruction. The
M68HC08 CPU has 16 addressing modes.
ALU — See “arithmetic logic unit (ALU).”
arithmetic logic unit (ALU) — The portion of the CPU that contains the logic circuitry to perform
arithmetic, logic, and manipulation operations on operands.
asynchronous — Refers to logic circuits and operations that are not synchronized by a common
reference signal.
baud rate — The total number of bits transmitted per unit of time.
BCD — See “binary-coded decimal (BCD).”
binary — Relating to the base 2 number system.
binary number system — The base 2 number system, having two digits, 0 and 1. Binary arithmetic is
convenient in digital circuit design because digital circuits have two permissible voltage levels, low
and high. The binary digits 0 and 1 can be interpreted to correspond to the two digital voltage
levels.
binary-coded decimal (BCD) — A notation that uses 4-bit binary numbers to represent the 10 decimal
digits and that retains the same positional structure of a decimal number. For example,
234 (decimal) = 0010 0011 0100 (BCD)
bit — A binary digit. A bit has a value of either logic 0 or logic 1.
branch instruction — An instruction that causes the CPU to continue processing at a memory location
other than the next sequential address.
break module — A module in the M68HC08 Family. The break module allows software to halt program
execution at a programmable point in order to enter a background routine.
breakpoint — A number written into the break address registers of the break module. When a number
appears on the internal address bus that is the same as the number in the break address registers,
the CPU executes the software interrupt instruction (SWI).
MC68HC908AZ32A Data Sheet, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor
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