PIC16F872 Datasheet, PDF (20/160 Pages) Microchip Technology – 28-Pin, 8-Bit CMOS FLASH Microcontroller

PIC16F872
2.3 PCL and PCLATH
The program counter (PC) is 13-bits wide. The low byte
comes from the PCL register, which is a readable and
writable register. The upper bits (PC<12:8>) are not
readable, but are indirectly writable through the
PCLATH register. On any reset, the upper bits of the
PC will be cleared. Figure 2-3 shows the two situations
for the loading of the PC. The upper example in the fig-
ure shows how the PC is loaded on a write to PCL
(PCLATH<4:0> → PCH). The lower example in the fig-
ure shows how the PC is loaded during a CALL or GOTO
instruction (PCLATH<4:3> → PCH).
FIGURE 2-3: LOADING OF PC IN
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
12
PC
PCH
PCL
87
PCLATH<4:0>
5
0
8
Instruction with
PCL as
Destination
ALU
PCLATH
PCH
12 11 10
PC
87
2 ^PCLATH<4:3>
PCL
0
GOTO,CALL
11
Opcode <10:0>
PCLATH
2.3.1 COMPUTED GOTO
A computed GOTO is accomplished by adding an offset
to the program counter (ADDWF PCL). When doing 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, “Implementing a Table Read"
(AN556).
2.3.2 STACK
The PIC16CXX family has an 8-level deep x 13-bit wide
hardware stack. 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,RETLW or a RETFIE instruction execution.
PCLATH is not affected by a PUSH or POP operation.
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).
Note 1: There are no status bits to indicate stack
overflow or stack underflow conditions.
2: There are no instructions/mnemonics
called PUSH or POP. These are actions that
occur from the execution of the CALL,
RETURN, RETLW and RETFIE instruc-
tions or the vectoring to an interrupt
address.
2.4 Program Memory Paging
The PIC16CXXX architecture is capable of addressing
a continuous 8K word block of program memory. The
CALL and GOTO instructions provide 11 bits of the
address, which allows branches within any 2K program
memory page. Therefore, the 8K words of program
memory are broken into four pages. Since the
PIC16FC872 has only 2K words of program memory or
one page, additional code is not required to ensure that
the correct page is selected before a CALL or GOTO
instruction is executed. The PCLATH<4:3> bits should
always be maintained as zeros. If a return from a CALL
instruction (or interrupt) is executed, the entire 13-bit
PC is popped off the stack. Manipulation of the
PCLATH is not required for the return instructions.
2.5 Indirect Addressing, INDF and FSR
Registers
The INDF register is not a physical register. Addressing
the INDF register will cause indirect addressing.
Indirect addressing is possible by using the INDF reg-
ister. Any instruction using the INDF register actually
accesses the register pointed to by the File Select Reg-
ister, FSR. Reading the INDF register itself indirectly
(FSR = ’0’) will read 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 register and the IRP bit
(STATUS<7>), as shown in Figure 2-4.
A simple program to clear RAM locations 20h-2Fh
using indirect addressing is shown in Example 2-1.
EXAMPLE 2-1: INDIRECT ADDRESSING
NEXT
CONTINUE
movlw
movwf
clrf
incf
btfss
goto
0x20
FSR
INDF
FSR,F
FSR,4
NEXT
;initialize pointer
;to RAM
;clear INDF register
;inc pointer
;all done?
;no clear next
:
;yes continue
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