MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

8051 MICROCONTROLLER

ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Full form of PSW?
A
Program Settle word
B
Program Screen word
C
Program Status Word
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The program status word (PSW) is a register that performs the function of a status register and program counter, and sometimes more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: B register is used to store one of the operands for multiply and divide instructions. In other instructions, it may just be used as a scratch pad. Explanation: The set of flags of program status word contains the status information and is considered as one of the special function registers.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 8085 Instruction set, with the mnemonic POP, we can pop out 2-Bytes from the top of the stack through rp i.e. register pair e.g. BC, DE, HL or AF. Here AF is a register pair formed with Flag and Accumulator registers and also known as PSW (Processor Status Word).

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