How do you calculate if delta time has elapsed in PASM?

turbosupra

Through searching, I saw an example that used frqa and phsa, but I tried that and it did not work and then I realized I am already using frqa and frqb as counters for something else

In spin I would do something like (cnt-timeStamp > clkfreq)

I tried to do the same in pasm, but I don't know if this is a legal operation, I tried to do something with sub, but that didn't work either. Also, do I have to use if_C_OR_Z for each line after a compare, since there is no indentation or brackets in pasm?

gapCntAsm is just an incrementing counter based on certain conditions and it does increment because I can see it doing so in the terminal

                        cmp     (cnt-timeStamp), #delta  WZ,WC      'test if delta time reached or exceeded, C should be 1 or Z should be 1
if_C_OR_Z               mov     gapCntAsmPeak, gapCntAsm ' copy the gapCnt to gapCntPeak
if_C_OR_Z               wrlong  gapCntAsmPeak, gapCntAsmPeakptr ' update the hubram value
if_C_OR_Z               mov     timeStamp, cnt    


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delta                   long    80_000_000                

Thanks for reading my newb question.

Mike Green

You have "cmp (cnt - timeStamp), #delta WZ,WC". What this statement means is "cmp addressOfCnt-addressOfTimeStamp, #addessofDelta". What you probably want is:

          MOV   temp,CNT                  ' Get current system clock value
          SUB   temp,timeStamp         ' Subtract saved clock value
          CMP   temp,delta   WZ,WC   ' Compare to time difference and set flags

You do have to have the condition on each line where you want it to take effect. It's perfectly legitimate to have one condition on two lines, then none, then another on a line, etc.

turbosupra

Thank you Mike ... that was exactly what I wanted and is so obvious now that you've typed it out

Duane Degn

I'd think in most cases the z flag wont ever get set (or at least not very often). Most examples I've seen just use the c flag.

I personally just use the c flag because I think it simplifies the coding a bit.