E1322
Microprocessor based Systems II
‘Branch instructions and looping’
Dr. Ahmed El-Awamry
Date: 04.03.2023, Time: 11:30
Objective
▪ Be able to program an assembly language
including branch instructions and itration
loops
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Looping
▪ Repeating a sequence of instructions a
certain number of times is called a loop
▪ Loop action is performed by DJNZ reg, Label
▪ The register is decremented
▪ If it is not zero, it jumps to the target address referred to
by the label
▪ Prior to the start of loop the register is loaded with the
counter for the number of repetitions
▪ Counter can be R0 – R7 or RAM location
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Looping
▪ If we want to repeat an action more times
than 256, we use a loop inside a loop, which
is called nested loop
▪ We use multiple registers to hold the count
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Looping
The overall number
of iterations
= N0 × N1
Time delay nested loop
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Conditional Jumps
▪ Jump only if a certain condition is met
JZ label ;jump if A=0
MOV A,R0 ;A=R0
JZ OVER ;jump if A = 0
MOV A,R1 ;A=R1
JZ OVER ;jump if A = 0
...
OVER:
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Conditional Jumps
JNC label ;jump if no carry, CY=0
▪ If CY = 0, the CPU starts to fetch and execute
instruction from the address of the label
▪ If CY = 1, it will not jump but will execute the next
instruction below JNC
Ex. Draw the
flowchart?
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Conditional Jumps
▪ All conditional jumps are short jumps
▪ The address of the target must within -128 to
+127 bytes of the contents of PC
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Unconditional Jumps
▪ The unconditional jump is a jump in which
control is transferred unconditionally to the
target location
LJMP (long jump)
▪ 3-byte instruction
▪ First byte is the opcode
▪ Second and third bytes represent the 16-bit target address
▪ Any memory location from 0000 to FFFFH
SJMP (short jump)
▪ 2-byte instruction
▪ First byte is the opcode
▪ Second byte is the relative target address
▪ 00 to FFH (forward +127 and backward -128 bytes
from the current PC)
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Calculating Short Jump Address
▪ To calculate the target address of a short
jump (SJMP, JNC, JZ, DJNZ, etc.)
▪ The second byte is added to the PC of the
instruction immediately below the jump
▪ If the target address is more than -128 to
+127 bytes from the address below the short
jump instruction
▪ The assembler will generate an error stating the
jump is out of range
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Calculating Short Jump Address
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Call Instructions
▪ Call instruction is used to call subroutine
▪ Subroutines are often used to perform tasks that
need to be performed frequently
▪ This makes a program more structured in addition
to saving memory space
LCALL (long call)
▪ 3-byte instruction
▪ First byte is the opcode
▪ Second and third bytes are used for address of target
subroutine
▪ Subroutine is located anywhere within 64K byte
address space
ACALL (absolute call)
▪ 2-byte instruction
▪ 11 bits are used for address within 2K-byte
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LCALL Instruction
▪ When a subroutine is called, control is
transferred to that subroutine, the processor
▪ Saves on the stack the the address of the
instruction immediately below the LCALL
▪ Begins to fetch instructions form the new location
▪ After finishing execution of the subroutine
▪ The instruction RET transfers control back to the
caller
▪ Every subroutine needs RET as the last instruction
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LCALL Instruction
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LCALL Instruction
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LCALL Instruction and Stack
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LCALL Instruction & PUSH POP
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Calling Subroutines
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ACALL
▪ The only difference between ACALL and
LCALL is
▪ The target address for LCALL can be anywhere
within the 64K byte address
▪ The target address of ACALL must be within a 2K-
byte range
▪ The use of ACALL instead of LCALL can save
a number of bytes of program ROM space
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ACALL
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Time Delay
▪ CPU executing an instruction takes a certain
number of clock cycles
▪ These are referred as to as machine cycles
▪ The length of machine cycle depends on the
frequency of the crystal oscillator connected
to 8051
▪ In original 8051, one machine cycle lasts 12
oscillator periods
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Time Delay
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Time Delay
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Time Delay
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Time Delay, Large
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Time Delay
▪ Two factors can affect the accuracy of the
delay
▪ Crystal frequency
▪ The duration of the clock period of the machine cycle is a
function of this crystal frequency
▪ 8051 design
▪ The original machine cycle duration was set at 12 clocks
▪ Advances in both IC technology and CPU design in recent
years have made the 1-clock machine cycle a common
feature
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Delay Calculation for Other 8051
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Delay Calculation for Other 8051
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