How can I create 16 bits or more counter in PIC assembly ?

[bianchi77]

Guys,

How can I create 16 bits or more counter in PIC assembly ?

I have

      movlw 0xFF
        movwf Counter_1
again decfsz Counter_1
        goto again

How can I make Counter_1 16 bits or more ?

Thanks

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

In mikroC if counter is a 16 bit variable then

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Code ASM - [expand]
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2
_counter+0      ;low-byte
_counter+1      ;high-byte

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[bianchi77]

In mikroC if counter is a 16 bit variable then

---

Code ASM - [expand]
1
2
_counter+0      ;low-byte
_counter+1      ;high-byte

---

I used MPLAB
So :
Counter_1+1 and Counter_1+0 ?
how can I decrement them ?
thanks

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

Read attached file. It has an example on page 5.

https://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/engineering/updatezone/predko/html/16bit.htm

 

[bianchi77]

thanks for the manual, hope it'll help...

 

[jpanhalt]

You don't say what chip you are using. Many of the PIC's have a 16-bit timer (e.g., Timer1 in 12F683). From my reading, you cannot have an 8-bit timer automatically roll over to a second byte without additional code and a few lost cycles.

John

 

[bianchi77]

I'm using 18F4525 and I can't use timer, I want to use my own counter ( register ), set it and reduce, please see my first post...