H8/500 Dependent Features
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Options
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AS has no additional command-line options for the Renesas (formerly Hitachi) H8/500 family.

Syntax
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Special Characters
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! is the line comment character.

; can be used instead of a newline to separate statements.

Since $ has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.

Register Names
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You can use the predefined symbols r0, r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, and r7 to refer to the H8/500 registers.

The H8/500 also has these control registers:

cp
     code pointer

dp
     data pointer

bp
     base pointer

tp
     stack top pointer

ep
     extra pointer

sr
     status register

ccr
     condition code register

All registers are 16 bits long.  To represent 32 bit numbers, use two adjacent registers; for distant memory addresses, use one of the segment pointers (cp for the program counter; dp for r0--r3; ep for r4 and r5; and tp for r6 and r7.

Addressing Modes
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AS understands the following addressing modes for the H8/500:

RN
     Register direct

@RN
     Register indirect

@(d:8, RN)
     Register indirect with 8 bit signed displacement

@(d:16, RN)
     Register indirect with 16 bit signed displacement

@-RN
     Register indirect with pre-decrement

@RN+
     Register indirect with post-increment

@AA:8
     8 bit absolute address

@AA:16
     16 bit absolute address

#XX:8
     8 bit immediate

#XX:16
     16 bit immediate

Floating Point
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The H8/500 family has no hardware floating point, but the .float directive generates IEEE floating-point numbers for compatibility with other development tools.

H8/500 Machine Directives
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AS has no machine-dependent directives for the H8/500. However, on this platform the .int and .word directives generate 16-bit numbers.

Opcodes
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For detailed information on the H8/500 machine instruction set, see H8/500 Series Programming Manual (Renesas M21T001).

AS implements all the standard H8/500 opcodes.  No additional pseudo-instructions are needed on this family.