Z80 Hardware Reference

This file contains information on how to program the Z80 microprocessor.
No responsibility is taken for the information presented here.

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Contents

   * Registers
   * Addressing methods
   * Flags
   * Symbol descriptions
   * Instructions

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Registers

The following registers are available:

A,B,C,D,E            8-bit registers
AF                   16-bit register containing A and flags
BC                   16-bit register containing B and C
DE                   16-bit register containing D and E
HL                   16-bit register used for addressing
F                    8-bit Flag register
I                    8-bit Interrupt Page address register
IX,IY                16-bit index registers
PC                   16-bit Program Counter register
R                    8-bit Memory Refresh register
SP                   16-bit Stack Pointer register

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Addressing methods

The following addressing methods are available:

Mnemonic        Description
n               Immediate addressing (8-bit)
nn              Immediate extending addressing (16-bit)
e               Relative addressing (8-bit; PC=PC+2+offset)
[nn]            Extended addressing (16-bit)
[xx+d]          Indexed addressing (16-bit + 8-bit)
r               Register addressing (8-bit)
[rr]            Register indirect addressing (16-bit)
b               Bit addressing
p               Modified page 0 addressing

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Flags

The following flags are available:

S               Sign flag (bit 7)
Z               Zero flag (bit 6)
H               Half Carry flag (bit 4)
P               Parity/Overflow flag (bit 2)
N               Add/Subtract flag (bit 1)
C               Carry flag (bit 0)

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Symbol descriptions

Here is a short description of the symbols that are used in the instruction
list:

b               One bit (0 to 7)
cc              Condition (C,M,NC,NZ,P,PE,PO,Z)
d               One-byte expression (-128 to +127)
dst             Destination s, ss, [BC], [DE], [HL], [nn]
e               One-byte expression (-126 to +129)
m               Any register r, [HL] or [xx+d]
n               One-byte expression (0 to 255)
nn              Two-byte expression (0 to 65535)
pp              Register pair BC, DE, IX or SP
qq              Register pair AF, BC, DE or HL
qq'             Alternative register pair AF, BC, DE or HL
r               Register A, B, C, D, E, H or L
rr              Register pair BC, DE, IY or SP
s               Any register r, value n, [HL] or [xx+d]
src             Source s, ss, [BC], [DE], [HL], nn, [nn]
ss              Register pair BC, DE, HL or SP
xx              Index register IX or IY

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Instructions

The flag field contains one of the following:

-               Flag unaffected
*               Flag affected
0               Flag reset
1               Flag set
?               Unknown

The following instructions are available:

Mnemonic    Flags   Description           Notes
            SZHPNC

ADC A,s     ***V0*  Add with Carry        A=A+s+CY
ADC HL,ss   **?V0*  Add with Carry        HL=HL+ss+CY
ADD A,s     ***V0*  Add                   A=A+s
ADD HL,ss   --?-0*  Add                   HL=HL+ss
ADD IX,pp   --?-0*  Add                   IX=IX+pp
ADD IY,rr   --?-0*  Add                   IY=IY+rr
AND s       ***P00  Logical AND           A=A&s
BIT b,m     ?*1?0-  Test Bit              m&{2^b}
CALL cc,nn  ------  Conditional Call      If cc CALL
CALL nn     ------  Unconditional Call    -[SP]=PC,PC=nn
CCF         --?-0*  Complement Carry Flag CY=~CY
CP s        ***V1*  Compare               A-s
CPD         ****1-  Compare and Decrement A-[HL],HL=HL-1,BC=BC-1
CPDR        ****1-  Compare, Dec., Repeat CPD till A=[HL]or BC=0
CPI         ****1-  Compare and Increment A-[HL],HL=HL+1,BC=BC-1
CPIR        ****1-  Compare, Inc., Repeat CPI till A=[HL]or BC=0
CPL         --1-1-  Complement            A=~A
DAA         ***P-*  Decimal Adjust Acc.   A=BCD format
DEC s       ***V1-  Decrement             s=s-1
DEC xx      ------  Decrement             xx=xx-1
DEC ss      ------  Decrement             ss=ss-1
DI          ------  Disable Interrupts
DJNZ e      ------  Dec., Jump Non-Zero   B=B-1 till B=0
EI          ------  Enable Interrupts
EX [SP],HL  ------  Exchange              [SP]<->HL
EX [SP],xx  ------  Exchange              [SP]<->xx
EX AF,AF'   ------  Exchange              AF<->AF'
EX DE,HL    ------  Exchange              DE<->HL
EXX         ------  Exchange              qq<->qq'   (except AF)
HALT        ------  Halt
IM n        ------  Interrupt Mode                     (n=0,1,2)
IN A,[n]    ------  Input                 A=[n]
IN r,[C]    ***P0-  Input                 r=[C]
INC r       ***V0-  Increment             r=r+1
INC [HL]    ***V0-  Increment             [HL]=[HL]+1
INC xx      ------  Increment             xx=xx+1
INC [xx+d]  ***V0-  Increment             [xx+d]=[xx+d]+1
INC ss      ------  Increment             ss=ss+1
IND         ?*??1-  Input and Decrement   [HL]=[C],HL=HL-1,B=B-1
INDR        ?1??1-  Input, Dec., Repeat   IND till B=0
INI         ?*??1-  Input and Increment   [HL]=[C],HL=HL+1,B=B-1
INIR        ?1??1-  Input, Inc., Repeat   INI till B=0
JP [HL]     ------  Unconditional Jump    PC=[HL]
JP [xx]     ------  Unconditional Jump    PC=[xx]
JP nn       ------  Unconditional Jump    PC=nn
JP cc,nn    ------  Conditional Jump      If cc JP
JR e        ------  Unconditional Jump    PC=PC+e
JR cc,e     ------  Conditional Jump      If cc JR(cc=C,NC,NZ,Z)
LD dst,src  ------  Load                  dst=src
LD A,i      **0*0-  Load                  A=i            (i=I,R)
LDD         --0*0-  Load and Decrement    [DE]=[HL],HL=HL-1,#
LDDR        --000-  Load, Dec., Repeat    LDD till BC=0
LDI         --0*0-  Load and Increment    [DE]=[HL],HL=HL+1,#
LDIR        --000-  Load, Inc., Repeat    LDI till BC=0
NEG         ***V1*  Negate                A=-A
NOP         ------  No Operation
OR s        ***P00  Logical inclusive OR  A=Avs
OTDR        ?1??1-  Output, Dec., Repeat  OUTD till B=0
OTIR        ?1??1-  Output, Inc., Repeat  OUTI till B=0
OUT [C],r   ------  Output                [C]=r
OUT [n],A   ------  Output                [n]=A
OUTD        ?*??1-  Output and Decrement  [C]=[HL],HL=HL-1,B=B-1
OUTI        ?*??1-  Output and Increment  [C]=[HL],HL=HL+1,B=B-1
POP xx      ------  Pop                   xx=[SP]+
POP qq      ------  Pop                   qq=[SP]+
PUSH xx     ------  Push                  -[SP]=xx
PUSH qq     ------  Push                  -[SP]=qq
RES b,m     ------  Reset bit             m=m&{~2^b}
RET         ------  Return                PC=[SP]+
RET cc      ------  Conditional Return    If cc RET
RETI        ------  Return from Interrupt PC=[SP]+
RETN        ------  Return from NMI       PC=[SP]+
RL m        **0P0*  Rotate Left           m={CY,m}<-
RLA         --0-0*  Rotate Left Acc.      A={CY,A}<-
RLC m       **0P0*  Rotate Left Circular  m=m<-
RLCA        --0-0*  Rotate Left Circular  A=A<-
RLD         **0P0-  Rotate Left 4 bits    {A,[HL]}={A,[HL]}<- ##
RR m        **0P0*  Rotate Right          m=->{CY,m}
RRA         --0-0*  Rotate Right Acc.     A=->{CY,A}
RRC m       **0P0*  Rotate Right Circular m=->m
RRCA        --0-0*  Rotate Right Circular A=->A
RRD         **0P0-  Rotate Right 4 bits   {A,[HL]}=->{A,[HL]} ##
RST p       ------  Restart                (p=0H,8H,10H,...,38H)
SBC A,s     ***V1*  Subtract with Carry   A=A-s-CY
SBC HL,ss   **?V1*  Subtract with Carry   HL=HL-ss-CY
SCF         --0-01  Set Carry Flag        CY=1
SET b,m     ------  Set bit               m=mv{2^b}
SLA m       **0P0*  Shift Left Arithmetic m=m*2
SRA m       **0P0*  Shift Right Arith.    m=m/2
SRL m       **0P0*  Shift Right Logical   m=->{0,m,CY}
SUB s       ***V1*  Subtract              A=A-s
XOR s       ***P00  Logical Exclusive OR  A=Axs

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That's all there is for this time. If you have any comments, questions or
just a wish to contribute with a program or some information, please e-mail
me, Magnus Hagander (mha@ticalc.org).

Last updated: 95-03-04, 15:30.

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