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CHAPTER 4 INTERNAL CPU FUNCTIONS

PC12 PC11

PC10

PC9

PC8

PC7

PC6

PC5

PC4

PC3

PC2

PC1

PC0

PC13

PC10

PC9

PC8

PC7

PC6

PC5

PC4

PC3

PC2

PC1

PC0

PC11

PC11 PC10

PC9

PC8

PC7

PC6

PC5

PC4

PC3

PC2

PC1

PC0

PC12

4.2

PROGRAM COUNTER (PC):

12 BITS (µPD750004)

13 BITS (µPD750006 AND µPD750008)

14 BITS (µPD75P0016)

The program counter is a binary counter which retains the address data of the program memory. The

program counter consists of 12 bits in the µPD750004 (see Figure 4-2(a)), 13 bits in the µPD750006 and

µPD750008 (see Figure 4-2(b)), and 14 bits in the µPD75P0016 (see Figure 4-2(c)).

Figure 4-2. Program Counter Organization

(a) µPD750004

(b) µPD750006 and µPD750008

(c) µPD75P0016

Usually, each time an instruction is executed, the program counter is automatically incremented according

to the number of bytes in the instruction.

When a branch instruction (BR, BRA, BRCB) is executed, immediate data indicating the branch destination

and the contents of a register pair are set in all or some bits of the program counter.

When a subroutine call instruction (CALL, CALLA, CALLF) is executed, or a vectored interrupt occurs, the

current contents of the program counter (already incremented return address for fetching the next instruction)

are saved in the stack memory (data memory indicated by the stack pointer), then the jump destination address

is loaded.

When a return instruction (RET, RETS, RETI) is executed, the contents of the stack memory are set in the

program counter.

When the RESET signal is issued, the program counter is initialized to the contents of the program memory

at addresses 000H and 001H. The program can be started from any address according to the contents.

µPD750004 :

PC

11

-PC

8

<– (000H)

3-0

, PC

7

-PC

0

<– (001H)

7-0

µPD750006 and µPD750008 :

PC

12

-PC

8

<– (000H)

4-0

, PC

7

-PC

0

<– (001H)

7-0

µPD75P0016 :

PC

13

-PC

8

<– (000H)

5-0

, PC

7

-PC

0

<– (001H)

7-0

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