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Preface

Limitations

Limited Warranty and Disclaimer

These designs are provided to you “as-is”. Xilinx and its licensors make and you receive no warranties or conditions, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, and Xilinx specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose. Xilinx does not warrant that the functions contained in these designs will meet your requirements, or that the operation of these designs will be uninterrupted or error free, or that defects in the Designs will be corrected. Furthermore, Xilinx does not warrant or make any representations regarding use or the results of the use of the designs in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Xilinx or its licensors be liable for any loss of data, lost profits, cost or procurement of substitute goods or services, or for any special, incidental, consequential, or indirect damages arising from the use or operation of the designs or accompanying documentation, however caused and on any theory of liability. This limitation will apply even if Xilinx has been advised of the possibility of such damage. This limitation shall apply not-withstanding the failure of the essential purpose of any limited remedies herein.

Technical Support Limitations

This module is not supported by general Xilinx Technical support as an official Xilinx product. Please refer any issues initially to the provider of the module. The author will gratefully receive any issues or potential continued improvements of the PicoBlaze™ microcontroller.

Ken Chapman

Senior Staff Engineer

E-mail:picoblaze@xilinx.com

The author will also be pleased to hear from anyone using the PicoBlaze™ microcontroller with information about your application and how these macros have been useful.

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Contents

UG129 v1.1.2 June 24 PicoBlaze 8-bit Embedded Microcontroller User Guide Version Revision Revision History Technical Support Limitations Limited Warranty and DisclaimerLimitations Limitation of Liability Preface Acknowledgments Acknowledgments About This Guide Guide Contents Preface About This Guide Table of Contents Interrupts Performance Appendix C PicoBlaze Instruction Set and Event Reference Introduction PicoBlaze Microcontroller Features Introduction PicoBlaze Microcontroller Functional BlocksGeneral-Purpose Registers Instruction Program Store Input/Output Arithmetic Logic Unit ALUFlags Byte Scratchpad RAM CALL/RETURN Stack ResetProgram Counter PC Program Flow Control Why the PicoBlaze Microcontroller? Why Use a Microcontroller within an FPGA?Why the PicoBlaze Microcontroller? Weaknesses Strengths PicoBlaze Interface Signals PicoBlaze Interface Signal DescriptionsSignal Direction Description Readstrobe 1PicoBlaze Instruction Set alphabetical listing PicoBlaze Instruction Set Enable Interrupt Returni Disable Address Spaces Instruction 1Kx18 Direct Processing Data Logic InstructionsPicoBlaze Instruction Set 3Inverting an Individual Bit Location 2Complementing a Register Value Arithmetic Instructions 616-Setting a Bit Location SUB and Subcy Subtract Instructions 10Incrementing and Decrementing a Register Multiplication 148-bit by 8-bit Multiply Routine Produces a 16-bit Product Division 168-bit by 8-bit Multiply Routine Using Hardware Multiplier 18Loading a Register with Itself Acts as a NOP Instruction No Operation NOP Test and Compare Setting and Clearing Carry Flag 22The Test Instruction Affects the Zero Flag Shift and Rotate Instructions 25Generate Parity for a Register Using the Test Instruction 5PicoBlaze Rotate Instructions Rotate Left Rotate Right SRX Program Flow Control Moving Data 6Instruction Conditional Execution Description Program Flow Control CALL/RETURN Program Flow Control UG129 v1.1.2 June 24 1Simple Interrupt Logic Interrupts 2Example Interrupt Flow Example Interrupt Flow Example Interrupt Flow 3Interrupt Timing Diagram Interrupts Indirect Addressing Scratchpad RAMAddress Modes Direct Addressing Scratchpad RAM Implementing a Look-Up Table Stack Operations Fifo OperationsStack Operations Scratchpad RAM Portid Port Input and Output Ports 1INPUT Operation and Fpga Interface Logic Input Operations Register s0 Input OperationsPORTID70 INPORT70 Applications with Few Input Sources Readstrobe Interaction with FIFOsInput and Output Ports Output Operations Output Operations Fpga Register Simple Output Structure for Few Output Destinations 8Use Constant Directives to Declare Output Port Addresses 9Pipelining the Portid Decoding Improves Performance Pipelining for Maximum Performance Pipelining for Maximum Performance Effective Pipelining Improves Read Performance Repartitioning the Design for Maximum Performance Standard Configuration Single 1Kx18 Block RAM Instruction Storage Configurations Two PicoBlaze Microcontrollers Share a 1Kx18 Code Image Instruction Storage Configurations Distributed ROM Instead of Block RAM 6Using Distributed ROM for Instruction Memory Instruction Storage Configurations Frequency PerformanceInput Clock Frequency Predicting Executing Performance Performance Assembler PicoBlaze Development Tools Assembly Errors Input and Output FilesPicoBlaze Development Tools Mediatronix pBlazIDE Configuring pBlazIDE for the PicoBlaze Microcontroller 4Example of How Kcpsm Source Code Converts to pBlazIDE Code Importing KCPSM3 Code into pBlazIDE Function KCPSM3 Directive PBlazIDE Directive Differences Between the KCPSM3 Assembler and pBlazIDEDirectives Differences Between the KCPSM3 Assembler and pBlazIDE PicoBlaze Development Tools Using the PicoBlaze Microcontroller in an Fpga Design Vhdl Design FlowKCPSM3 Module Using the PicoBlaze Microcontroller in an Fpga Design Connecting the Program ROM Black Box Instantiation of KCPSM3 using KCPSM3.ngc Black Box Instantiation of KCPSM3 using KCPSM3.ngcGenerating the Program ROM using progrom.coe Generating an ESC Schematic Symbol Using the PicoBlaze Microcontroller in an Fpga Design Assembler Directives Locating Code at a Specific AddressNaming or Aliasing Registers PBlazIDE Defining ConstantsNaming the Program ROM Output File Defining I/O Ports pBlazIDE Input Ports Output PortsDefining I/O Ports pBlazIDE 5Example of pBlazIDE Dsout Directive Input/Output Ports Custom Instruction Op-Codes Custom Instruction Op-Codes Assembler Directives Simulating PicoBlaze Code Instruction Set Simulation with pBlazIDE Edit Simulator Control ButtonsInstruction Set Simulation with pBlazIDE 2pBlazIDE Simulator Control Buttons Function Assemble Pause RunStep Over Run to Cursor Turbocharging Simulation using FPGAs Turbocharging Simulation using FPGAs Simulating PicoBlaze Code Related Materials and References Chapter Related Materials and References KCPSM3 Syntax Example Program Templates Appendix Example Program Templates PBlazIDE Syntax ADD sX, Operand -Add Operand to Register sX PicoBlaze Instruction Set and Event Reference Appendix PicoBlaze Instruction Set and Event Reference Addcy sX, Operand -Add Operand to Register sX with Carry SX, Operand Logical Bitwise and Register sX with Operand SX, Operand Logical Bitwise and Register sX with Operand Examples Table C-1CALL Instruction Conditions Description Condition Figure C-4COMPARE Operation Compare sX, Operand Compare Operand with Register sX Disable Interrupt Disable External Interrupt Input Enable Interrupt Enable External Interrupt InputDisable Interrupt Disable External Interrupt Input KCPSM3 Instruction PBlazIDE Instruction Figure C-5FETCH Operation Portid Å Operand SX Å Inport PC Å PC + Interrupt Event, When Enabled Table C-2JUMP Instruction Conditions Description Load sX, Operand Load Register sX with Operand Or sX, Operand Logical Bitwise or Register sX with Operand Or sX, Operand Logical Bitwise or Register sX with Operand Figure C-7OUTPUT Operation and Fpga Interface Logic Reset Event Reset EventTable C-3PicoBlaze Reset Values Resource Reset Event Effect Table C-4RETURN Instruction Conditions Description PBlazIDE Equivalent RET, RET C, RET NC, RET Z, RET NZ Table C-6Rotate Right RR Operation RL sX Rotate Left Register sXRR sX Rotate Right Register sX Table C-5Rotate Left RL Operation SL 0 1 X a sX Shift Left Register sX SL 0 1 X a sX Shift Left Register sXTable C-7Shift Left Operations SR 0 1 X a sX Shift Right Register sX Shift Right with ‘ 0’ fill Figure C-8STORE Operation Store sX, sY SUB sX, Operand -Subtract Operand from Register sX Figure C-10SUBCY Instruction Registers sX Flags CARRY, Zero PBlazIDE Equivalent Subc Figure C-11ZERO Flag Logic for Test Instruction PicoBlaze 8-bit Embedded Microcontroller 117 XOR sX, Operand Logical Bitwise XOR Register sX with Operand Table D-1PicoBlaze Instruction Codes Instruction Codes Jump Z PicoBlaze 8-bit Embedded Microcontroller 121 Appendix Instruction Codes Register and Scratchpad RAM Planning Worksheets RegistersReg Description Scratchpad RAM Appendix Register and Scratchpad RAM Planning WorksheetsLoc Description