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ADDRESSING MODES AND DATA MOVE OPERATIONS
4.2.2 | Direct Addressing Mode
In direct addressing mode, the address of the data is available in the instruction itself. An instruction, MOV
A, 0F0H, is taken as the example case and presented in Fig. 4.2. Incidentally, this address, F0H, belongs to
the SFR, register B. Just like the previous case, this is also a 2-byte instruction and the second byte contains
the address. Opcode of this instruction is E5H, which forms the fi rst byte of the instruction. Assuming before
execution, register B contains the data, say 2CH; after execution, this would be copied to register A. Being a
2-byte instruction, ...