PCH). The lower example in
鈫?/div>
PCH).
PIC16C64X & PIC16C66X devices have an 8 level
deep x 13-bit wide hardware stack (Figure 4-2). 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 铿乺st
push. The tenth push overwrites the second push (and
so on).
Note 1:
There are no status bits to indicate stack
over铿俹w or stack under铿俹w conditions.
Note 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.
FIGURE 4-11: LOADING OF PC IN
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
PCH
12
PC
5
PCLATH<4:0>
8
8
7
PCL
0
Instruction with
PCL as
Destination
ALU result
PCLATH
PCH
12
PC
2
PCLATH<4:3>
11
Opcode <10:0>
PCLATH
11 10
8
7
PCL
0
GOTO, CALL
4.4
Program Memory Paging
4.3.1
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
鈥淚mplementing a Table Read鈥?/div>
(AN556).
PIC16C642 and PIC16C662 devices have 4K of pro-
gram memory, but the
CALL
and
GOTO
instructions only
have an 11-bit address range. This 11-bit address
range allows a branch within a 2K program memory
page size. To allow
CALL
and
GOTO
instructions to
address the entire 4K program memory address range,
there must be another bit to specify the program mem-
ory page. This paging bit comes from the PCLATH<3>
bit (Figure 4-11). When doing a
CALL
or
GOTO
instruc-
tion, the user must ensure that this page select bit
(PCLATH<3>) is programmed so that the desired pro-
gram memory page is addressed. If a return from a
CALL
instruction (or interrupt) is executed, the entire
13-bit PC is pushed onto the stack. Therefore, manipu-
lation of the PCLATH<3> bit is not required for the
return instructions (which POPs the address from the
stack).
Note:
The PIC16C64X & PIC16C66X ignore the
PCLATH<4> bit, which is used for program
memory pages 2 and 3 (1000h - 1FFFh).
The use of PCLATH<4> as a general pur-
pose read/write bit is not recommended
since this may affect upward compatibility
with future products.
漏
1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
Preliminary
DS30559A-page 27
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