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82 lines
3.4 KiB
82 lines
3.4 KiB
// This is all new to me so it's heavily commented so we can understand what is happening. |
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pub struct CPU { |
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// the accumulator register is a specific register used for arithmetic and logic operations |
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// the cpu instruction loads a value into the accumulator register and then updates certain |
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// flags in the processor status register to relect the operation of the result |
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pub register_a: u8, |
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// THe Process Status Register is a collection of individual bits (flags) that represent the |
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// current state of the CPU. Each bit has purpose such as if a calculation resulted in zero or |
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// if the result is negative |
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// |
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// Zero flag: |
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// - Bit 1 of the status register |
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// - Set if register_a == 0, cleared otherwise |
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// |
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// Negative flag (N) - indicates whether the result of the most recent operation is negative |
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// - Bit 7 of the status register (most significant bit is Bit 7 because it's zero based) |
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// - Set if the most significant bit of register_a is 1, cleared otherwise |
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pub status: u8, |
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// track our current position in the program |
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pub program_counter: u16, |
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} |
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impl CPU { |
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pub fn new() -> Self { |
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CPU { |
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register_a: 0, |
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status: 0, |
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program_counter: 0, |
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} |
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} |
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// The interpret method takes in mutalbe reference to self as we know we will need to modify |
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// register_a during execution |
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// |
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// - Fetch next instruction from instruction memory |
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// - Decode instruction |
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// - Execute the instruction |
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// - Repeat |
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pub fn interpret(&mut self, program: Vec<u8>) { |
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self.program_counter = 0; |
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// We need an infinite loop to continuously fetch instructions from the program array. We |
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// use the program_counter to keep track fo the current instruction. |
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loop { |
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// set the opscode to the current byte in the program at the address indicated by |
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// program counter |
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let opscode = program[self.program_counter as usize]; |
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// we increment program counterto point to the next byte |
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self.program_counter += 1; |
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match opscode { |
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// this will implement LDA (0xA9) opcode. 0xA9 is the LDA Immediate instruction in |
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// the 6502 CPU. |
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0xA9 => { |
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// fetch the next byte in program. This byte is the immediate value to load |
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// into the accumulator (register_a) |
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let param = program[self.program_counter as usize]; |
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// Increment program counter to point to the next instruction after the |
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// parameter |
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self.program_counter += 1; |
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// store the fetch paramenter in register_a |
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self.register_a = param; |
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// now we wil update the status register |
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if self.register_a == 0 { |
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// 0b000_0010 represents a number where only the second bit (bit 1) is set |
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// to 1 and all other bits are 0 |
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self.status = self.status | 0b000_0010; |
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} else { |
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// 0b1111_1101 represents a number where only bit 1 is 0 and the rest are 1 |
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self.status = self.status & 0b1111_1101; |
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} |
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} |
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0x00 => { |
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return; |
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} |
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_ => todo!(), |
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} |
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} |
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} |
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}
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