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    Microcontroller Architecture PIC18F Family: ELEC 330 Digital Systems Engineering Dr. Ron Hayne

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    This document provides an overview of the Microchip PIC18F family of microcontrollers. It discusses the microcontroller unit architecture including the microprocessor unit with its ALU, registers and control unit. It describes the Harvard architecture with separate program and data memories. It details the memory organization and addressing of the PIC18F452 microcontroller. The document outlines the I/O ports, timers, serial communication and other support devices. It provides examples of instructions and a simple program to light LEDs on an I/O port.

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    This document provides an overview of the Microchip PIC18F family of microcontrollers. It discusses the microcontroller unit architecture including the microprocessor unit with its ALU, registers and control unit. It describes the Harvard architecture with separate program and data memories. It details the memory organization and addressing of the PIC18F452 microcontroller. The document outlines the I/O ports, timers, serial communication and other support devices. It provides examples of instructions and a simple program to light LEDs on an I/O port.

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    Microcontroller Architecture

    PIC18F Family
    ELEC 330
    Digital Systems Engineering
    Dr. Ron Hayne
    Images Courtesy of Ramesh Gaonkar and Delmar Learning

    PIC18F Microcontrollers
    Microcontroller Unit (MCU)

    Microprocessor unit (MPU)


    Harvard Architecture
    Program

    memory for instructions


    Data memory for data

    I/O ports
    Support devices such as timers

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    Microcontroller Unit

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    PIC18F MPU and Memory

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    Microprocessor Unit
    Includes Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU),
    Registers, and Control Unit

    Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)


    Instruction

    decoder

    16-bit instructions
    Status

    register that stores flags

    5-bits
    WREG

    working register

    8-bit accumulator

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    Microprocessor Unit

    Registers
    Program

    Counter (PC)

    21-bit register that holds the Program Memory address


    Bank

    Select Register (BSR)

    4-bit register used in direct addressing the Data Memory


    File

    Select Registers (FSRs)

    12-bit registers used as memory pointers in indirect addressing

    Data Memory

    Control unit
    Provides

    timing and control signals

    Read and Write operations

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    PIC18F - Address Buses


    Address bus

    21-bit address bus for Program Memory


    Addressing

    capacity: 2 MB

    12-bit address bus for Data Memory


    Addressing

    capacity: 4 KB

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    Data Bus and Control Signals


    Data bus

    16-bit instruction/data bus for Program Memory


    8-bit data bus for Data Memory

    Control signals

    Read and Write

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    PIC18F452/4520 Memory
    Program Memory: 32 K

    Address range: 000000 to 007FFFH

    Data Memory: 4 K

    Address range: 000 to FFFH

    Data EEPROM

    Not part of the data memory space


    Addressed through special function registers

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    PIC18F452/4520 Memory
    Program Memory

    Data Memory

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    Data Memory Banks

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    PIC18F452 I/O Ports


    Five I/O ports

    PORT A through PORT E


    Most I/O pins are multiplexed
    Generally have eight I/O pins
    Addresses already assigned to these ports
    Each port is identified by its assigned SFR

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    I/O Ports A and B

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    Data Transfer

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    MCU Support Devices


    Timers

    Capture, Compare and PWM (CCP Modules)

    Serial Communications

    Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP)


    Addressable USART

    A/D converter
    Parallel Slave Port (PSP)
    Data EEPROM
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    MCU Support Devices

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    PIC18F Special Features


    Sleep mode
    Watchdog timer (WDT)
    Code protection
    In-circuit serial programming
    In-circuit debugger

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    PIC18F4X2
    Architecture
    Block Diagram

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    PIC18F452 Programming Model

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    PIC18F Instructions
    77 assembly language instructions

    Earlier PIC families have 33 or 35 instructions

    PIC18F instruction set

    Most instructions are 16-bit word length


    Four instructions are 32-bit length

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    Instruction Descriptions
    Copy (Move) 8-bit number (Literal) into W register

    Mnemonics: MOVLW 8-bit


    Binary format:

    0000 1110 XXXX XXXX (any 8-bit number)


    Copy (Move) contents of W register into PORTC (File)

    Mnemonics: MOVWF PORTC, a

    (a indicates that PORTC is in the Access Bank)

    Binary format:

    0110 1110 1000 0010 (82H is PORTC address)

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    Illustrative Program
    Problem statement:

    Write instructions to light up alternate LEDs at


    PORTC

    Hardware:

    PORTC
    Bidirectional

    (input or output) port


    Setup as output port for display

    Logic 1 will turn on an LED

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    Illustration
    Interfacing LEDs to PORTC

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    Illustration
    Program (software)

    Logic 0 to TRISC sets up PORTC as an output port


    Byte 55H turns on alternate LEDs

    MOVLW
    MOVWF
    MOVLW

    00
    TRISC
    0x55

    ;Load W register with 0


    ;Set up PORTC as output
    ;Byte 55H to turn on LEDS

    MOVWF
    SLEEP

    PORTC

    ;Turn on LEDs
    ;Power down

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    Illustration
    Address

    Hex

    Mnemonics

    Comments

    000000

    0E00

    MOVLW 00

    ;Load W with 0s

    000002

    6E94

    MOVWF TRISC

    ;Set PORTC as output

    000004

    0E55

    MOVLW 0x55

    ;Load 55 to turn on LEDs

    000006

    6E82

    MOVWF PORTC

    ;Turn on LEDs

    000008

    0003

    SLEEP

    ;Power Down

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    Illustration
    Execution of the
    instruction:
    MOVWF PORTC

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    PIC18 Simulator IDE

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    Embedded System
    MCU-based
    System

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