PIC12F635/PIC16F636/639
TABLE 13-1: OPCODE FIELD
13.0 INSTRUCTION SET SUMMARY
DESCRIPTIONS
The PIC12F635/PIC16F636/639 instruction set is
highly orthogonal and is comprised of three basic
categories:
Field
Description
f
W
b
Register file address (0x00 to 0x7F)
Working register (accumulator)
• Byte-oriented operations
• Bit-oriented operations
Bit address within an 8-bit file register
Literal field, constant data or label
• Literal and control operations
k
Each PIC16 instruction is a 14-bit word divided into an
opcode, which specifies the instruction type and one or
more operands, which further specify the operation of
the instruction. The formats for each of the categories
is presented in Figure 13-1, while the various opcode
fields are summarized in Table 13-1.
x
Don’t care location (= 0or 1).
The assembler will generate code with x = 0.
It is the recommended form of use for
compatibility with all Microchip software tools.
d
Destination select; d = 0: store result in W,
d = 1: store result in file register f.
Default is d = 1.
Table 13-2 lists the instructions recognized by the
MPASMTM assembler.
PC
TO
C
Program Counter
Time-out bit
Carry bit
For byte-oriented instructions, ‘f’ represents a file
register designator and ‘d’ represents a destination
designator. The file register designator specifies which
file register is to be used by the instruction.
DC
Z
Digit carry bit
Zero bit
The destination designator specifies where the result of
the operation is to be placed. If ‘d’ is zero, the result is
placed in the W register. If ‘d’ is one, the result is placed
in the file register specified in the instruction.
PD
Power-down bit
FIGURE 13-1:
GENERAL FORMAT FOR
INSTRUCTIONS
For bit-oriented instructions, ‘b’ represents a bit field
designator, which selects the bit affected by the
operation, while ‘f’ represents the address of the file in
which the bit is located.
Byte-oriented file register operations
13
8
7
6
0
OPCODE
d
f (FILE #)
For literal and control operations, ‘k’ represents an
d = 0for destination W
d = 1for destination f
f = 7-bit file register address
8-bit or 11-bit constant, or literal value.
One instruction cycle consists of four oscillator periods;
for an oscillator frequency of 4 MHz, this gives a
nominal instruction execution time of 1 μs. All
instructions are executed within a single instruction
cycle, unless a conditional test is true, or the program
counter is changed as a result of an instruction. When
this occurs, the execution takes two instruction cycles,
with the second cycle executed as a NOP.
Bit-oriented file register operations
13 10 9
b (BIT #)
7
6
0
OPCODE
f (FILE #)
b = 3-bit bit address
f = 7-bit file register address
All instruction examples use the format ‘0xhh’ to
represent a hexadecimal number, where ‘h’ signifies a
hexadecimal digit.
Literal and control operations
General
13
8
7
0
0
OPCODE
k (literal)
13.1 Read-Modify-Write Operations
k = 8-bit immediate value
Any instruction that specifies a file register as part of
the instruction performs a Read-Modify-Write (R-M-W)
operation. The register is read, the data is modified,
and the result is stored according to either the
instruction, or the destination designator ‘d’. A read
operation is performed on a register even if the
instruction writes to that register.
CALLand GOTOinstructions only
13 11 10
OPCODE
k = 11-bit immediate value
k (literal)
For example, a CLRF PORTA instruction will read
PORTA, clear all the data bits, then write the result back
to PORTA. This example would have the unintended
consequence of clearing the condition that set the RAIF
flag.
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