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MC6809-MC6809E 8-Bit Microprocessor Programming Manual [M6809PM/AD]
© Motorola Inc., 1981

Original Issue: March 1, 1981
Reprinted: May 1983

Last update: 2023-08-15

Foreword

This is the Programming Manual for the 6809 microprocessor from Motorola Inc. (now Freescale as of 2006).
It is © Motorola Inc., 1981.
It can be freely obtained as a scanned PDF at Freescale's homepage under [Support → ] Documentation → Order Literature (=Literature Distribution Center) → Search for description "6809" and with item status "Active and Archive". Another download location for M6809PM is the BitSavers.org PDF Document Archive, which also has a copy of the original data sheet. Added all PDFs I have to my homepage (M6809PM.rev0_May83.pdf, m6809pm.fsl.ad.rev0.pdf).
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Table 4-4: PSHU

Appendix A: PSHU, PULU

Appendix D: Branch Notes, ASRA, ASRB, LSR, ORB, SWI3 (Thanks to Alex)

Table Of Contents

SECTION 1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1.1Introduction
1.2Features
1.3Software Features
1.4Programming Model
1.5Index Registers (X, Y)
1.6Stack Pointer Registers (U, S)
1.7Program Counter (PC)
1.8Accumulator Registers (A, B, D)
1.9Direct Page Register (DP)
1.10Condition Code Register (CC)
1.10.1Condition Code Bits
1.10.1.1Half Carry (H), Bit 5
1.10.1.2Negative (N), Bit 3
1.10.1.3Zero (Z), Bit 2
1.10.1.4Overflow (V), Bit 1
1.10.1.5Carry (C), Bit 0
1.10.2Interrupt Mask Bits and Stacking Indicator
1.10.2.1Fast Interrupt Request Mask (F), Bit 6
1.10.2.2Interrupt Request Mask (I), Bit 4
1.10.2.3Entire Flag (E), Bit 7
1.11Pin Assignments and Signal Description
1.11.1MC6809 Clocks
1.11.1.1Oscillator (EXTAL, XTAL)
1.11.1.2Enable (E)
1.11.1.3Quadrature (Q)
1.11.2MC6809E Clocks (E and Q)
1.11.3Three State Controls (TSC) (MC6809E)
1.11.4Last Instruction Cycle (LIC) (MC6809E)
1.11.5Address Bus (A0-A15)
1.11.6Data Bus (D0-D7)
1.11.7Read/Write (R/W)
1.11.8Processor State Indicators (BA, BS)
1.11.8.1Normal
1.11.8.2Interrupt or Reset Acknowledge
1.11.8.3Sync Acknowledge
1.11.8.4Halt/Bus Grant
1.11.9Reset (RESET)
1.11.10Interrupts
1.11.10.1Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)
1.11.10.2Fast Interrupt Request (FIRQ)
1.11.10.3Interrupt Request (IRQ)
1.11.11Memory Read (MRDY) (MC6809)
1.11.12Advanced Valid Memory Address (AVMA) (MC6809E)
1.11.13Halt (HALT)
1.11.14Direct Memory Access/Bus Request (DMA/BREQ) (MC6809)
1.11.15Busy (MC6809E)
1.11.16Power
 
SECTION 2
ADDRESSING MODES
2.1Introduction
2.2Addressing Modes
2.2.1Inherent
2.2.2Immediate
2.2.3Extended
2.2.4Direct
2.2.5Indexed
2.2.5.1Constant Offset from Register
2.2.5.2Accumulator Offset from Register
2.2.5.3Autoincrement/Decrement from Register
2.2.5.4Indirection
2.2.5.5Extended Indirect
2.2.5.6Program Counter Relative
2.2.6Branch Relative
 
SECTION 3
INTERRUPT CAPABILITIES
3.1Introduction
3.2Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)
3.3Fast Maskable Interrupt Request (FIRQ)
3.4Normal Maskable Interrupt Request (IRQ)
3.5Software Interrupts (SWI, SWI2, SWI3)
 
SECTION 4
PROGRAMMING
4.1Introduction
4.1.1Position Independence
4.1.2Modular Programming
4.1.2.1Local Storage
4.1.2.2Global Storage
4.1.3Reentrancy/Recursion
4.2M6809 Capabilities
4.2.1Module Construction
4.2.1.1Parameters
4.2.1.2Local Storage
4.2.1.3Global Storage
4.2.2Position-Independent Code
4.2.3Reentrant Programs
4.2.4Recursive Programs
4.2.5Loops
4.2.6Stack Programming
4.2.6.1M6809 Stacking Operations
4.2.6.2Subroutine Linkage
4.2.6.3Software Stacks
4.2.7Real Time Programming
4.3Program Documentation
4.4Instruction Set
 
APPENDIX A
INSTRUCTION SET DETAILS
A.1Introduction
A.2Notation
Instructions (listed in alphabetical order)
ABX, ADC, ADD (8-Bit), ADD (16-Bit), AND, AND (into CCR), ASL, ASR, BCC, BCS, BEQ, BGE, BGT, BHI, BHS, BIT, BLE, BLO, BLS, BLT, BMI, BNE, BPL, BRA, BRN, BSR, BVC, BVS, CLR, CMP (8-Bit), CMP (16-Bit), COM, CWAI, DAA, DEC, EOR, EXG, INC, JMP, JSR, LD (8-Bit), LD (16-Bit), LEA, LSL, LSR, MUL, NEG, NOP, OR, OR (into CCR), PSHS, PSHU, PULS, PULU, ROL, ROR, RTI, RTS, SBC, SEX, ST (8-Bit), ST (16-Bit), SUB (8-Bit), SUB (16-Bit), SWI, SWI2, SWI3, SYNC, TFR, TST, FIRQ, IRQ, NMI, RESTART
 
APPENDIX B
ASSIST09 MONITOR PROGRAM
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APPENDIX C
MACHINE CODE TO INSTRUCTION CROSS REFERENCE
C.1Introduction
 
APPENDIX D
PROGRAMMING AID
D.1Introduction
 
APPENDIX E
ASCII CHARACTER SET
E.1Introduction
E.2Character Representation and Code Identification
E.3Control Characters
E.4Graphic Characters
 
APPENDIX F
OPCODE MAP
F.1Introduction
F.2Opcode Map
 
APPENDIX G
PIN ASSIGNMENTS
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APPENDIX H
CONVERSION TABLE
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List Of Illustrations

1-1Programming Model
1-2Condition Code Register
1-3Processor Pin Assignments
 
2-1Postbyte Usage for EXG/TFR, PSH/PUL Instructions
 
3-1Interrupt Processing Flowchart
 
4-1Stacking Order
 
B-1Appendix B will not be htmlized.
 
E-1ASCII Character Set
 
G-1Appendix G will not be htmlized. Same figure as in section 1.11.

List Of Tables

1-1BA/BS Signal Encoding
 
2-1Postbyte Usage for Indexed Addressing Modes
 
3-1Interrupt Vector Locations
 
4-1Instruction Set
4-28-Bit Accumulator and Memory Instructions
4-316-Bit Accumulator and Memory Instructions
4-4Index/Stack Pointer Instructions
4-5Branch Instructions
4-6Miscellaneous Instructions
 
A-1Operation Notation
A-2Register Notation
 
B-1
B-2
B-3
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C-1Machine Code to Instruction Cross Reference
 
D-1Programming Aid
 
E-1Control Characters
E-2Graphic Characters
 
F-1Opcode Map
F-2Indexed Addressing Mode Data
 
H-1
H-2
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