Difference Between MOV and MVI in 8085 Microprocessors

[ranju]

While making the program in 8085 , we use two types of instructions .. one is MOV & other is MVI.. but what's the difference between the 2..??
In both we are moving the data or memory to register or memory.>! what difference arises by adding "I"..??

 

[jedishrfu]

the mov transfers data from one register to another or one memory location to another or some variant thereof.

the mvi moves the constant listed in the instruction to a register or memory location.

 

[Svein]

http://www.phy.davidson.edu/FacHome/dmb/py310/EMAC_Primer/8085.InstructionSet.full.pdf has a full listing of the 8085 instruction set with explanations.

 

[Mark44]

The "I" in MVI stands for "immediate." In many assembly languages, a constant is called an immediate value.