The ADD instruction tells the microcontroller’s CPU to add the source byte to register A and put the result in register A. Recall, A is the accumulator register typically used for all arithmetic and logic instructions.
The ADD instruction is … Read More
The MOV instruction tells the CPU to move (in actual fact COPY) the source operand to the destination operand.
MOV destination, source ; copy source to destinationProgramming in assembly language requires that at least you understand the architecture of … Read More
Software is the term used for the instructions that tells a microprocessor or microcontroller what to do. The collections of instructions that a microprocessor will recognize is its instruction set. The form of the instruction set depends on the … Read More
A simulator is software that runs on a PC and allows the microcontroller code to be simulated (run) on the PC. Many programming errors can be identified and corrected during simulation.
An emulator is hardware that connects a PC to … Read More
Software development tools are computer programs typically run on PCs that allow the programmer or system developer to create, modify and test applications programs. Some of the common software development tools include: