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MC68HC908AB32 — Rev. 1.1 Technical Data
Freescale Semiconductor Random-Access Memory (RAM)
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Technical Data — MC68HC908AB32
Section 3. Random-Access Memory (RAM)
3.1 Contents
3.2 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
3.3 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
3.2 Introduction
This section describes the 1024 bytes of RAM (random-access
memory).
3.3 Functional Description
Addresses $0050 through $044F are RAM locations. The location of the
stack RAM is programmable. The 16-bit stack pointer allows the stack to
be anywhere in the 64K-byte memory space.
NOTE: For correct operation, the stack pointer must point only to RAM
locations.
Within page zero are 176 bytes of RAM. Because the location of the
stack RAM is programmable, all page zero RAM locations can be used
for I/O control and user data or code. When the stack pointer is moved
from its reset location at $00FF out of page zero, direct addressing mode
instructions can efficiently access all page zero RAM locations. Page
zero RAM, therefore, provides ideal locations for frequently accessed
global variables.
Before processing an interrupt, the CPU uses five bytes of the stack to
save the contents of the CPU registers.
NOTE: For M6805 compatibility, the H register is not stacked.