PIC12F609/615/12HV609/615
It is recommended, therefore, that only BCF, BSF,
SWAPF and MOVWF instructions are used to alter the
STATUS register, because these instructions do not
affect any Status bits. For other instructions not affect-
ing any Status bits, see the Section 13.0 “Instruction
Set Summary”.
2.2.2.1
STATUS Register
The STATUS register, shown in Register 2-1, contains:
• the arithmetic status of the ALU
• the Reset status
• the bank select bits for data memory (RAM)
The STATUS register can be the destination for any
instruction, like any other register. If the STATUS
register is the destination for an instruction that affects
the Z, DC or C bits, then the write to these three bits is
disabled. These bits are set or cleared according to the
device logic. Furthermore, the TO and PD bits are not
writable. Therefore, the result of an instruction with the
STATUS register as destination may be different than
intended.
Note 1: Bits IRP and RP1 of the STATUS register
are not used by the PIC12F609/615/
12HV609/615 and should be maintained
as clear. Use of these bits is not recom-
mended, since this may affect upward
compatibility with future products.
2: The C and DC bits operate as a Borrow
and Digit Borrow out bit, respectively, in
subtraction. See the SUBLW and SUBWF
instructions for examples.
For example, CLRF STATUS,will clear the upper three
bits and set the Z bit. This leaves the STATUS register
as ‘000u u1uu’(where u= unchanged).
REGISTER 2-1:
STATUS: STATUS REGISTER
Reserved
IRP
Reserved
RP1
R/W-0
RP0
R-1
TO
R-1
PD
R/W-x
Z
R/W-x
DC
R/W-x
C
bit 7
bit 0
Legend:
R = Readable bit
W = Writable bit
‘1’ = Bit is set
U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’
‘0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown
-n = Value at POR
bit 7
bit 6
bit 5
IRP: This bit is reserved and should be maintained as ‘0’
RP1: This bit is reserved and should be maintained as ‘0’
RP0: Register Bank Select bit (used for direct addressing)
1= Bank 1 (80h – FFh)
0= Bank 0 (00h – 7Fh)
bit 4
bit 3
bit 2
bit 1
TO: Time-out bit
1= After power-up, CLRWDTinstruction or SLEEPinstruction
0= A WDT time-out occurred
PD: Power-down bit
1= After power-up or by the CLRWDTinstruction
0= By execution of the SLEEPinstruction
Z: Zero bit
1= The result of an arithmetic or logic operation is zero
0= The result of an arithmetic or logic operation is not zero
DC: Digit Carry/Borrow bit (ADDWF, ADDLW,SUBLW,SUBWFinstructions), For Borrow, the polarity is
reversed.
1= A carry-out from the 4th low-order bit of the result occurred
0= No carry-out from the 4th low-order bit of the result
bit 0
C: Carry/Borrow bit(1) (ADDWF, ADDLW, SUBLW, SUBWF instructions)
1= A carry-out from the Most Significant bit of the result occurred
0= No carry-out from the Most Significant bit of the result occurred
Note 1: For Borrow, the polarity is reversed. A subtraction is executed by adding the two’s complement of the
second operand. For rotate (RRF, RLF) instructions, this bit is loaded with either the high-order or low-order
bit of the source register.
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