Help in lookup table

Hi, i am currently doing a project using lookup table which i am not really familiar with.

The 8051 reads through Port 1 where higher nibbles stand for 1 sets of inputs and the lower nibbles stand for another set,which is total of 2 sets of inputs after every 60seconds.

The question now I am facing is how to use the lookup table to read the 2 different sets of input to compare them whether they are equal, smaller or greater to each other.

Thanks for helping:-)

well I understand what you need but i am not able to understand how lookup tables are involved in this.

you said u want to compare two nibbles of P1 so from where this lookup table comes?

or gimme better explanation with example

Sorry for the late reply.

The lookup table is register like that store the inputs from P1 nibbles.

Example: first input is 0100 and the second is 0110 then the input data is move to the lookup table.

Then the data in the lookup table is being compare to determine whether they are bigger,equal or smaller.

Thanks :-)

The question is why use a lookup table to compare values

You would use the micro's comparison instructions to do that.

A lookup table is normally fixed, pre-set data, used to swap one value
for a different one.

Ya, I know. But this is a question given by my lecturer, i have to do what he told me to do :-|

i agree with ExperimenterUK
just
mask ---> swap ---> compare
that's it!!!
look up table may not be fixed, they can be set up inside ram location , for this case we don't need either

If this is a question given by your lecture and we are helping you ? then what's the point
without trying how you can learn something ? refer Mazidi for implementation of lookup tables :bye

Since this is a pointless exercise it is hard to know what
a good method is
However you could..
Fill an array (table) of 16 bytes with 0s
Get the first nibble, use it as an offset into the table,store 1 at that entry.
Fill all addresses that follow with 2s

To compare,
Use the second nibble as an offset into the table and get the byte at that entry.
If the byte is 0 the second nibble is lower, if 1, it is the same
and if it is 2, it is higher.
(and I get the marks )

Generally I agree with afilash's comment about doing this yourself, but I think
a small pointer is OK just this once.

are you using C or assembly?

in assembly lookup table is defined in CODE memory as follows:

LookUp: ;this is a lable
DB: 03H,05H

i stored 03H and 05H in code memory using directive DB (define byte).
to use these values or to read them from lookup table we use MOVC instruction as shown below..

CLR A ;clear A
MOV DPTR,#LookUp ;load address from lable
MOVC A,@A+DPTR ;load data from address pointed by A+DPTR
;remember its good to have A as 0 before reading from lookup table and increment DPTR for next value

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Thanks for all your help in this topic. :-)

I am using assembly language. (FX8031 kits). :-)

cseg
Start:  CLR     P1.0
        CLR     P0.0
        CLR     A
        MOV     TMOD,#11H
        MOV     TCON,#01H
        MOV     IE,#082H

        MOV     DPTR,#LookUp
        MOVC    A,@A+DPTR
        MOV     R2,A
        INC     DPTR
        MOVC    A,@A+DPTR

        SUBB    A,R2
        JC      BIGGER
        JNC     SMALLER
        SJMP    EQUAL

        CALL    DELAY_20MS
        CLR     P0.0

        ENDS
        END

This is the code that I've tried to write. Is the method I am using correct ?:-)