A two-byte instruction gives the specific function instruction in two bytes, or two words. The first specifies the opcode, which tells the microprocessor what operation will occur. The second specifies the operand, or the data that the operation is done on.
There are 74 instructions in the 8085 microprocessor.
1byte instruction = MOV A,B 2byte instruction = MVI A,01H 3byte instruction = STA 2030H
A microprocessor know whether the next byte is an instruction or data because the microprocessor knows for what it is looking. The bus, on the other hand, for an 8085 based system, knows an opcode from data by looking at S0 and S1 when IO/M- is low. If both are high, it is an opcode, otherwise it is data.
Collections of instructions known as a program are written in assembly language gets stored in the instruction register. Processor reads the instruction byte by byte and converts it into machine language instruction(opcode) and performs the operation specified by the opcode on the given data and executes it.
The RST instruction is a 1 byte opcode with a 3 bit imbedded operand. There are 8 different RST instructions. Each pushes the PC on the stack, and loads the PC with the operand's value times 8. (0H, 8H, 10H, 18H, etc.)Pushing the PC on the stack and loading a new value into the PC is exactly what a CALL instruction does, so the RST instruction is a 1 byte CALL instruction. The difference between RST and CALL is that CALL is a 3 byte instruction which can go anywhere in memory in one instruction.
The 8085 instruction set is classified into three groups according to its Word size. They are 1. One word /1 byte instructions 2. Two word / 2 byte instructions 3. Three word / 3 byte instructions
A series of data bytes or words available in a memory at consecutive locations, to be referred to collectively or individually, are called as byte strings or word strings.
The CALL InstructionOpcode OperandCALL 16-bit memory addressof a subroutineIt is a 3-byte instruction that transfers the program sequence to a subroutineSaves the content of the PC (Program Counter-16-bit register) , the address of the next instruction , on the stackDecrements the stack pointer register by 2Jumps unconditionally to the memory location specified by the 2nd and 3rd bytes.This instruction is accompanied by a RETURN instruction in the subroutine
branch instruction
It fetches the next instruction.
The 8085 instruction set is classified into the following three groups according to word size: 1. One-word or 1-byte instructions 2. Two-word or 2-byte instructions 3. Three-word or 3-byte instructions
In the 8085 microprocessor, the MOV instruction copies data between two registers, or between a register and memory. The MVI instruction differs only in that the source data is contained in the byte immediately following the opcode byte.