
Semiconductor Group 6-12
On-Chip Peripheral Components
C501
The reason why read-modify-write instructions are directed to the latch rather than the pin is to avoid
a possible misinterpretation of the voltage level at the pin. For example, a port bit might be used to
drive the base of a transistor. When a “1” is written to the bit, the transistor is turned on. If the CPU
then reads the same port bit at the pin rather than the latch, it will read the base voltage of the
transistor (approx. 0.7 V, i.e. a logic low level!) and interpret it as “0”. For example, when modifying
a port bit by a SETB or CLR instruction, another bit in this port with the above mentioned
configuration might be changed if the value read from the pin were written back to the latch.
However, reading the latch rater than the pin will return the correct value of “1”.
Table 6-5
Read-Modify-Write"- Instructions
Instruction Function
ANL Logic AND; e.g. ANL P1, A
ORL Logic OR; e.g. ORL P2, A
XRL Logic exclusive OR; e.g. XRL P3, A
JBC Jump if bit is set and clear bit; e.g. JBC P1.1, LABEL
CPL Complement bit; e.g. CPL P3.0
INC Increment byte; e.g. INC P1
DEC Decrement byte; e.g. DEC P1
DJNZ Decrement and jump if not zero; e.g. DJNZ P3, LABEL
MOV Px.y,C Move carry bit to bit y of port x
CLR Px.y Clear bit y of port x
SETB Px.y Set bit y of port x
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