/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
* Program      : Counts the length of a given string
* Input        : The input string is at hwstr
* Output       : P1 displays the length of the string
* Written by   : William K. Moore, III
* Date         : January 26, 2009
* Description  : second use of the msp430 assembler
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "msp430.h"                       ; #define controlled include file
         ORG 0FF00h
hwstr    DB "HELLO WORLD, I AM THE MSP430!" ; string is on the stack
         NAME     main                    ; module name
         PUBLIC   main                    ; make main label visible
                                          ; outside this module
         ORG      0FFFEh
         DC16     init                    ; set reset vector to 'init' label
         RSEG     CSTACK                  ; pre-declaration of segment
         RSEG     CODE                    ; place program in 'CODE' segment
init:    MOV      #SFE(CSTACK), SP        ; set up stack
main:    MOV.W    #WDTPW+WDTHOLD, &WDTCTL ; start of program, stop watchdog timer
         BIS.B    #0FFh, &P1DIR           ; configure P1 to be output
         MOV.W    #hwstr, R4              ; load starting address of string into R4
gnext:   MOV.B    @R4+, R6                ; get next character
         CMP      #0, R6                  ; check for null character and end of processing
         JEQ      lend                    ; we're done, go to end
         JMP      gnext                   ; go back to the beginning of the loop
lend:    MOV.W    #hwstr, R5              ; store the string address into R5
         SUB.W    R4, R5                  ; R5 now contains the length of the string
         MOV.B    R5, &P1OUT              ; Set all P1 pins
         BIS.W    #LPM4, SR               ; LPM4
         NOP                              ; Required only for debugger
         END