AVR202: 16-Bit Arithmetics: 8-Bit Microcontroller Application Note
AVR202: 16-Bit Arithmetics: 8-Bit Microcontroller Application Note
AVR202: 16-Bit Arithmetics: 8-Bit Microcontroller Application Note
Features
Easily Expandable to 32-bit or Any Word Length Code Density and Speed Matches 16-bit Controllers Runable Example Program
Introduction
This application note lists program examples for arithmetic operation on 16-bit values. A listing of all implementations with key performance specifications is given in Table 1. Table 1. Performance Figures Summary
Application Add two 16-bit register variables Add 16-bit immediate to 16-bit register variable Subtract two 16-bit register variables Subtract 16-bit immediate from 16-bit reg. variable Compare two 16-bit register variables Compare 16-bit immediate to 16-bit reg. variable Negate a 16-bit register variable Code Size (Words) 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 Execution Time (Cycles) 2 2 2 2 2 3 4
This operation is done as follows: 1. Subtract Low bytes. 2. Subtract with carry high Bytes. By adding more Subtract with Carry instructions, numbers of n-byte width can be subtracted using n instructions.
This operation is done as follows: 1. Subtract immediate Low byte from register Low byte. 2. Subtract with carry immediate High byte from register High byte. By adding more Subtract with Carry instructions, numbers of n-byte width can be subtracted using n instructions.
This operation is done as follows: 1. Compare Low bytes. 2. Compare with carry High bytes. Note that the Compare with Carry instruction supports zero-propagation, which means that all conditional branch instructions can be used following the two-step compare operation. By adding more Compare with Carry instructions, numbers of n-byte width can be compared using n instructions.
Compare a 16-bit Register with a 16-bit Immediate Negate (2s Complement) a 16-bit Register Variable
This operation is done as follows: 1. Compare register Low byte to immediate Low byte. 2. Store immediate High byte to a third register. 3. Compare with carry High bytes. This operation is done as follows: 1. Invert (1s Complement) Low byte 2. Invert (1s Complement) high byte 3. Subtract $FF from Low byte. 4. Subtract with carry $FF from High byte.
Note: Steps 3 and 4 are equivalent to adding $0001 to the 16-bit number.
AVR202
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AVR202
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