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6.3 Reading the Flash Program
Memory
The TBLRD instruction is used to retrieve data from
program memory and place it into data RAM. Table
reads from program memory are performed one byte at
a time.
TBLPTR points to a byte address in program space.
Executing TBLRD places the byte pointed to into
TABLAT. In addition, TBLPTR can be modified
automatically for the next table read operation.
The internal program memory is typically organized by
words. The Least Significant bit of the address selects
between the high and low bytes of the word. Figure 6-4
shows the interface between the internal program
memory and the TABLAT.
FIGURE 6-4:
READS FROM FLASH PROGRAM MEMORY
Program Memory
(Even Byte Address) (Odd Byte Address)
Instruction Register
(IR)
FETCH
TBLPTR = xxxxx1
TBLPTR = xxxxx0
TBLRD
TABLAT
Read Register
EXAMPLE 6-1: READING A FLASH PROGRAM MEMORY WORD
READ_WORD
MOVLW
MOVWF
MOVLW
MOVWF
MOVLW
MOVWF
TBLRD*+
MOVF
MOVWF
TBLRD*+
MOVF
MOVWF
CODE_ADDR_UPPER
TBLPTRU
CODE_ADDR_HIGH
TBLPTRH
CODE_ADDR_LOW
TBLPTRL
TABLAT, W
WORD_EVEN
TABLAT, W
WORD_ODD
; Load TBLPTR with the base
; address of the word
; read into TABLAT and increment
; get data
; read into TABLAT and increment
; get data
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