Texas Instruments MSP430x1xx - Register Mode; Addressing Modes

Addressing Modes
3-10
RISC 16-Bit CPU
3.3.1 Register Mode
The register mode is described in Table 3−4.
Table 3−4.Register Mode Description
Assembler Code Content of ROM
MOV R10,R11 MOV R10,R11
Length: One or two words
Operation: Move the content of R10 to R11. R10 is not affected.
Comment: Valid for source and destination
Example: MOV R10,R11
0A023hR10
R11
Before: After:
PC
0FA15h
PC
old
0A023hR10
R11
PC PC
old
+ 2
0A023h
Note: Data in Registers
The data in the register can be accessed using word or byte instructions. If
byte instructions are used, the high byte is always 0 in the result. The status
bits are handled according to the result of the byte instruction.