Atmel ARM-Based Evaluation Kit for SAM4S16C, 32-Bit ARM® Cortex® Microcontroller ATSAM4S-WPIR-RD ATSAM4S-WPIR-RD Data Sheet

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Atmel-11100G-ATARM-SAM4S-Datasheet_27-May-14
12.6.10.3IT
If-Then condition instruction.
Syntax
IT{x{y{z}}} cond
where:
xspecifies the condition switch for the second instruction in the IT block.
yspecifies the condition switch for the third instruction in the IT block.
zspecifies the condition switch for the fourth instruction in the IT block.
condspecifies the condition for the first instruction in the IT block.
The condition switch for the second, third and fourth instruction in the IT block can be either:
TThen. Applies the condition cond to the instruction.
EElse. Applies the inverse condition of cond to the instruction.
It is possible to use AL (the always condition) for cond in an IT instruction. If this is done, all of the instructions in 
the IT block must be unconditional, and each of xy, and z must be T or omitted but not E.
Operation
The IT instruction makes up to four following instructions conditional. The conditions can be all the same, or some 
of them can be the logical inverse of the others. The conditional instructions following the IT instruction form the IT 
block
.
The instructions in the IT block, including any branches, must specify the condition in the {cond} part of their 
syntax.
The assembler might be able to generate the required IT instructions for conditional instructions automatically, so 
that the user does not have to write them. See the assembler documentation for details.
A BKPT instruction in an IT block is always executed, even if its condition fails.
Exceptions can be taken between an IT instruction and the corresponding IT block, or within an IT block. Such an 
exception results in entry to the appropriate exception handler, with suitable return information in LR and stacked 
PSR.
Instructions designed for use for exception returns can be used as normal to return from the exception, and 
execution of the IT block resumes correctly. This is the only way that a PC-modifying instruction is permitted to 
branch to an instruction in an IT block.
Restrictions
The following instructions are not permitted in an IT block:
IT
CBZ and CBNZ
CPSID and CPSIE.
Other restrictions when using an IT block are:
A branch or any instruction that modifies the PC must either be outside an IT block or must be the last 
instruction inside the IT block. These are:
̶
ADD PC, PC, Rm
̶
MOV PC, Rm
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B, BL, BX, BLX
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Any LDM, LDR, or POP instruction that writes to the PC
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TBB and TBH