The Global Interrupt
Enable bit (I bit) must be set for the interrupts to be enabled. The individual
interrupt enable control is then performed in separate control registers. If the I
bit is cleared, regardless of the individual interrupt enable settings none of the
interrupts are enabled. The I bit is cleared by hardware after an interrupt has
occurred, and is set by the RETI instruction to enable subsequent interrupts. The I
bit can also be set and cleared by the application with the SEI and CLI
instructions, as described in AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 6 – T Bit Copy
Storage
The Bit Copy instructions BLD
(Bit LoaD) and BST (Bit STore) use the T-bit as source or destination for the
operated bit. A bit from a register in the register file can be copied into T by the
BST instruction, and a bit in T can be copied into a bit in a register in the
register file by the BLD instruction.
Bit 5 – H Half Carry
Flag
The Half Carry Flag H
indicates a half carry in some arithmetic operations. Half carry is useful in BCD
arithmetic. For more information, see AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 4 – S Sign Bit, S = N ⊕
V
The S-bit is always an
exclusive or between the Negative Flag N and the Two's Complement Overflow Flag V.
For more information, see AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 3 – V Two's Complement Overflow Flag
The Two's Complement Overflow
Flag V supports two's complement arithmetic. For more information, see AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 2 – N Negative Flag
The Negative Flag N indicates
a negative result in an arithmetic or logic operation. For more information, see
AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 1 – Z Zero Flag
The Zero Flag Z indicates a
‘0’ result in an arithmetic or logic operation. For more
information, see AVR Instruction Set Summary.
Bit 0 – C Carry Flag
The Carry Flag C indicates a
carry in an arithmetic or logic operation. For more information, see AVR Instruction Set Summary.
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