8051 Instruction Set Manual: MOV

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Feedback The MOV instruction moves data bytes between the two
specified operands. The byte specified by the second operand is
copied to the location specified by the first operand. The source
data byte is not affected.
On-Line Manuals
Product Manuals See Also: MOVC, MOVX
Document Conventions
MOV @Rn, #immediate
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P
8051 Instruction Set Manual
Architecture Overview Bytes 2
Opcodes Cycles 1
Encoding 0111011n immediate
Instructions
ACALL Operation
MOV
ADD
(Rn) = immediate
ADDC
AJMP Example
ANL MOV @R0, #0
CJNE
CLR
MOV @Ri, A
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JMP MOV @R0, A
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LCALL Bytes 2
Cycles 2
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Encoding 1010011i direct
MOV
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MOVC Operation
MOV
MOVX (Ri) = (direct)
MUL
NOP Example
ORL
MOV @R1, P2

POP
PUSH
MOV A, #immediate
RET C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P
RETI
RL Bytes 2
Cycles 1
RLC 01110100 immediate
Encoding
RR
Operation
RRC
MOV
SETB A = immediate
SJMP
SUBB Example
MOV A, #0FFh
SWAP

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8051 Instruction Set Manual: MOV

XCH
XCHD MOV A, @Ri
XRL C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 1
Cycles 1
Encoding 1110011i

Operation
MOV
A = (Ri)

Example
MOV A, @R1

MOV A, direct
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 1
Encoding 11100101 direct

Operation
MOV
A = (direct)

Example
MOV A, P0

MOV A, Rn
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 1
Cycles 1
Encoding 11101nnn

Operation
MOV
A = Rn

Example
MOV A, R6

MOV bit, C
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 2
Encoding 10010010 bit

Operation
MOV
(bit) = C

Example
MOV 22h, C

MOV C, bit
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 1
Encoding 10100010 bit

Operation
MOV
C = (bit)

Example
MOV C, 22h

MOV dest_direct, src_direct

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 3
Cycles 2

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Encoding 10000101 src_direct dest_direct

Operation
MOV
(dest_direct) = (src_direct)

Example
MOV P1, P0

MOV direct, #immediate

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 3
Cycles 2
Encoding 01110101 direct immediate

Operation
MOV
(direct) = immediate

Example
MOV P2, #0FFh

MOV direct, @Rn

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 2
Encoding 1000011n direct

Operation
MOV
(direct) = (Rn)

Example
MOV P0, @R1

MOV direct, A
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 1
Encoding 11110101 direct

Operation
MOV
(direct) = A

Example
MOV P0, A

MOV direct, Rn
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 2
Encoding 10001nnn direct

Operation
MOV
(direct) = Rn

Example
MOV P2, R5

MOV DPTR, #immediate

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 3
Cycles 2
Encoding 10010000 immediate15-8 immediate7-0

Operation
MOV
DPTR = immediate

Example

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MOV DPTR, #1234h

MOV Rn, #immediate

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 1
Encoding 01111nnn immediate

Operation
MOV
Rn = immediate

Example
MOV R4, #0h

MOV Rn, A
C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 1
Cycles 1
Encoding 11111nnn

Operation
MOV
Rn = A

Example
MOV R5, A

MOV Rn, direct

C AC F0 RS1 RS0 OV   P

Bytes 2
Cycles 2
Encoding 10101nnn direct

Operation
MOV
Rn = (direct)

Example
MOV R4, P1

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