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5.5.1

The X-register, Y-register, and Z-register

The registers R26..R31 have some added functions to their general purpose usage. These reg-

isters are 16-bit address pointers for indirect addressing of the data space. The three indirect

address registers X, Y, and Z are defined as described in Figure 5-3.

Figure 5-3.

The X-, Y-, and Z-registers

In the different addressing modes these address registers have functions as fixed displacement,

automatic increment, and automatic decrement (see the instruction set reference for details).

5.6

Stack Pointer

The Stack is mainly used for storing temporary data, for storing local variables and for storing

return addresses after interrupts and subroutine calls. The Stack Pointer Register always points

to the top of the Stack. Note that the Stack is implemented as growing from higher memory loca-

tions to lower memory locations. This implies that a Stack PUSH command decreases the Stack

Pointer.

The Stack Pointer points to the data SRAM Stack area where the Subroutine and Interrupt

Stacks are located. This Stack space in the data SRAM must be defined by the program before

any subroutine calls are executed or interrupts are enabled. The Stack Pointer must be set to

point above 0x0100, preferably RAMEND. The Stack Pointer is decremented by one when data

is pushed onto the Stack with the PUSH instruction, and it is decremented by two when the

return address is pushed onto the Stack with subroutine call or interrupt. The Stack Pointer is

incremented by one when data is popped from the Stack with the POP instruction, and it is incre-

mented by two when data is popped from the Stack with return from subroutine RET or return

from interrupt RETI.

The AVR Stack Pointer is implemented as two 8-bit registers in the I/O space. The number of

bits actually used is implementation dependent. Note that the data space in some implementa-

tions of the AVR architecture is so small that only SPL is needed. In this case, the SPH Register

will not be present.

X-register

R27 (0x1B)

R26 (0x1A)

Y-register

R29 (0x1D)

R28 (0x1C)

Z-register

R31 (0x1F)

R30 (0x1E)

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