Datasheet

PIC16F610/616/16HV610/616

12.5 Context Saving During Interrupts

During an interrupt, only the return PC value is saved

on the stack. Typically, users may wish to save key

registers during an interrupt (e.g., W and STATUS

registers). This must be implemented in software.

Temporary holding registers W_TEMP and

STATUS_TEMP should be placed in the last 16 bytes

of GPR (see Figure 2-4). These 16 locations are

common to all banks and do not require banking. This

makes context save and restore operations simpler.

The code shown in Example 12-1 can be used to:

• Store the W register

• Store the STATUS register

• Execute the ISR code

• Restore the Status (and Bank Select Bit register)

• Restore the W register

EXAMPLE 12-1: SAVING STATUS AND W REGISTERS IN RAM

Note: The PIC16F610/616/16HV610/616 does

not require saving the PCLATH. However,

if computed GOTO’s are used in both the

ISR and the main code, the PCLATH must

be saved and restored in the ISR.

MOVWF W_TEMP ;Copy W to TEMP register

SWAPF STATUS,W ;Swap status to be saved into W

;Swaps are used because they do not affect the status bits

MOVWF STATUS_TEMP ;Save status to bank zero STATUS_TEMP register

:(ISR) ;Insert user code here

SWAPF STATUS_TEMP,W ;Swap STATUS_TEMP register into W

;(sets bank to original state)

MOVWF STATUS ;Move W into STATUS register

SWAPF W_TEMP,F ;Swap W_TEMP

SWAPF W_TEMP,W ;Swap W_TEMP into W