70291E Datasheet, PDF (69/436 Pages) Microchip Technology – High-Performance, 16-bit Digital Signal Controllers

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4.4 Modulo Addressing
Modulo Addressing mode is a method of providing an
automated means to support circular data buffers using
hardware. The objective is to remove the need for
software to perform data address boundary checks
when executing tightly looped code, as is typical in
many DSP algorithms.
Modulo Addressing can operate in either data or program
space (since the data pointer mechanism is essentially
the same for both). One circular buffer can be supported
in each of the X (which also provides the pointers into
program space) and Y data spaces. Modulo Addressing
can operate on any W register pointer. However, it is not
advisable to use W14 or W15 for Modulo Addressing
since these two registers are used as the Stack Frame
Pointer and Stack Pointer, respectively.
In general, any particular circular buffer can be
configured to operate in only one direction as there are
certain restrictions on the buffer start address (for incre-
menting buffers), or end address (for decrementing
buffers), based upon the direction of the buffer.
The only exception to the usage restrictions is for
buffers that have a power-of-two length. As these
buffers satisfy the start and end address criteria, they
can operate in a bidirectional mode (that is, address
boundary checks are performed on both the lower and
upper address boundaries).
4.4.1 START AND END ADDRESS
The Modulo Addressing scheme requires that a
starting and ending address be specified and loaded
into the 16-bit Modulo Buffer Address registers:
XMODSRT, XMODEND, YMODSRT and YMODEND
(see Table 4-1).
Note:
Y space Modulo Addressing EA
calculations assume word-sized data
(LSb of every EA is always clear).
The length of a circular buffer is not directly specified. It
is determined by the difference between the
corresponding start and end addresses. The maximum
possible length of the circular buffer is 32K words
(64 Kbytes).
4.4.2
W ADDRESS REGISTER
SELECTION
The Modulo and Bit-Reversed Addressing Control
register, MODCON<15:0>, contains enable flags as well
as a W register field to specify the W Address registers.
The XWM and YWM fields select the registers that
operate with Modulo Addressing:
• If XWM = 15, X RAGU and X WAGU Modulo
Addressing is disabled
• If YWM = 15, Y AGU Modulo Addressing is
disabled
The X Address Space Pointer W register (XWM), to
which Modulo Addressing is to be applied, is stored in
MODCON<3:0> (see Table 4-1). Modulo Addressing is
enabled for X data space when XWM is set to any value
other than ‘15’ and the XMODEN bit is set at
MODCON<15>.
The Y Address Space Pointer W register (YWM) to
which Modulo Addressing is to be applied is stored in
MODCON<7:4>. Modulo Addressing is enabled for Y
data space when YWM is set to any value other than
‘15’ and the YMODEN bit is set at MODCON<14>.
FIGURE 4-7:
MODULO ADDRESSING OPERATION EXAMPLE
Byte
Address
0x1100
MOV
#0x1100, W0
MOV
W0, XMODSRT ;set modulo start address
MOV
#0x1163, W0
MOV
W0, MODEND
;set modulo end address
MOV
#0x8001, W0
MOV
W0, MODCON
;enable W1, X AGU for modulo
MOV
#0x0000, W0 ;W0 holds buffer fill value
MOV
#0x1110, W1 ;point W1 to buffer
0x1163
DO
AGAIN, #0x31
MOV
W0, [W1++]
AGAIN: INC W0, W0
;fill the 50 buffer locations
;fill the next location
;increment the fill value
Start Addr = 0x1100
End Addr = 0x1163
Length = 0x0032 words
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