PIC18F258 MICROCHIP [Microchip Technology], PIC18F258 Datasheet - Page 42

• Manufacturer Part Number: PIC18F258
• Description: High Performance, 28/40-Pin Enhanced FLASH Microcontrollers with CAN
• Manufacturer: MICROCHIP [Microchip Technology]

PIC18FXX8
4.2.3
Since the Top-of-Stack (TOS) is readable and writable,
the ability to push values onto the stack and pull values
off the stack without disturbing normal program execu-
tion is a desirable option. To push the current PC value
onto the stack, a PUSH instruction can be executed.
This will increment the stack pointer and load the cur-
rent PC value onto the stack. TOSU, TOSH and TOSL
can then be modified to place a return address on the
stack.
The POP instruction discards the current TOS by decre-
menting the stack pointer. The previous value pushed
onto the stack then becomes the TOS value.
4.2.4
These RESETS are enabled by programming the
STVREN configuration bit. When the STVREN bit is
disabled, a full or underflow condition will set the appro-
priate STKFUL or STKUNF bit, but not cause a device
RESET. When the STVREN bit is enabled, a full or
underflow condition will set the appropriate STKFUL or
STKUNF bit and then cause a device RESET. The
STKFUL or STKUNF bits are only cleared by the user
software or a POR.
4.3
A “fast return” option is available for interrupts and
calls. A fast register stack is provided for the STATUS,
WREG and BSR registers and is only one layer in
depth. The stack is not readable or writable and is
loaded with the current value of the corresponding reg-
ister when the processor vectors for an interrupt. The
values in the fast register stack are then loaded back
into the working registers if the fast
instruction is used to return from the interrupt.
A low or high priority interrupt source will push values
into the stack registers. If both low and high priority
interrupts are enabled, the stack registers cannot be
used reliably for low priority interrupts. If a high priority
interrupt occurs while servicing a low priority interrupt,
the stack register values stored by the low priority
interrupt will be overwritten.
If high priority interrupts are not disabled during low pri-
ority interrupts, users must save the key registers in
software during a low priority interrupt.
If no interrupts are used, the fast register stack can be
used to restore the STATUS, WREG and BSR registers
at the end of a subroutine call. To use the fast register
stack for a subroutine call, a fast call instruction
must be executed.
Example 4-1 shows a source code example that uses
the fast register stack.
DS41159B-page 40
Fast Register Stack
PUSH AND POP INSTRUCTIONS
STACK FULL/UNDERFLOW RESETS
return
Preliminary
EXAMPLE 4-1:
4.4
The program counter (PC) specifies the address of the
instruction to fetch for execution. The PC is 21-bits
wide. The low byte is called the PCL register. This reg-
ister is readable and writable. The high byte is called
the PCH register. This register contains the PC<15:8>
bits and is not directly readable or writable. Updates to
the PCH register may be performed through the
PCLATH register. The upper byte is called PCU. This
register contains the PC<20:16> bits and is not directly
readable or writable. Updates to the PCU register may
be performed through the PCLATU register.
The PC addresses bytes in the program memory. To
prevent the PC from becoming misaligned with word
instructions, the LSb of PCL is fixed to a value of ’0’.
The PC increments by 2 to address sequential instruc-
tions in the program memory.
The CALL,
instructions write to the program counter directly. For
these instructions, the contents of PCLATH and
PCLATU are not transferred to the program counter.
The contents of PCLATH and PCLATU will be trans-
ferred to the program counter by an operation that
writes PCL. Similarly, the upper two bytes of the pro-
gram counter will be transferred to PCLATH and
PCLATU by an operation that reads PCL. This is useful
for computed offsets to the PC (see Section 4.8.1).
CALL SUB1, FAST
SUB1
RETURN FAST
PCL, PCLATH and PCLATU
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RCALL,
FAST REGISTER STACK
CODE EXAMPLE
;STATUS, WREG, BSR
;SAVED IN FAST REGISTER
;STACK
;RESTORE VALUES SAVED
;IN FAST REGISTER STACK
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