Chapter 4: Unsigned 8-Bit Arithmetic, Logical, Conditional Operations

4.1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

• Describe the operation of the bit manipulation instructions of the PIC18 instruction set.

• Translate C language statements that perform 8-bit addition, subtraction, bitwise logical, and shift operations into PIC18 instruction sequences.

• Translate C language statements that perform 8-bit zero, nonzero, equality, inequality, and unsigned comparison operations into PIC18 instruction sequences.

• Translate C conditional statements and loop structures such as do-while, while-do, and for{} into PIC18 instruction sequences.

4.2 BITWISE LOGICAL OPERATIONS, BIT OPERATIONS

Table 4.1 lists the C language arithmetic and logical operators discussed in this book. As seen in the previous chapter, the arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) implements these operations in the processor data path. The previous chapter covered some of the arithmetic capabilities of the ALU such as addition, subtraction, increment, and decrement. The bitwise logical operators & (AND), (OR), ^ (XOR), and ~ (complement) comprise the logical operations performed by the ALU.