PIC Microcontoller Math Method

Multiply 8 bits times an 8 bit constant

From http://www.myke.com/basic.htm

Sometimes you have to do a fast multiply on a register value with a constant. in 16 Bit Operations and Macros, I go through a number of methods, but I use the following Macro for this purpose for a single byte:

FastMul Macro Register, Constant
 variable i = Constant
 clrw ; Put the Product in "w"
 while (i != 0)
 if ((i & 1) != 0)
 addwf Register, w ; Add the Current Contents of "Register" to "w"
 endif
 bcf STATUS, C ; Shift up the Register's Contents
 rlf Register, f
 i = i / 2 ; Shift down the counter value
 endw
 endm

Comments:

• code bug:
  change the following line:
  addwf Register, f ; Add the Current Contents of "Register" to "w"
  to this one:
  addwf Register, w ; Add the Current Contents of "Register" to "w"
  +

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