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Data Types

Type
Mnemonic
Bytes size
Word
 
4
Half word
h
2
Byte
b
1

Registers

#
Purpose
Descri­ption
R0 - R12
General Purpose
Stores temporary values, pointe­rs...
R13
SP - Stack Pointer
Top of the stack. Allocate space to the stack by substr­acting the value in bytes that we want to allocate from the stack pointer.
R14
LR - Link Register
When a function call is made, LR gets pdated with a memory address refere­ncing the next instru­ction where the function was initiated from
R15
PC - Program Counter
Automa­tically increm­ented by the size of the instru­ction executed

CPSR - Current Program Status Register

Flag
Meaning
Enable if result of the instru­ction yields a...
N
Negative
Negative number
Z
Zero
Zero value
C
Carry
Value that requires a 33rd bit to be fully repres­ented
V
Overflow
Value that cannot be repres­ented in 32 bit two's complement

Flexible operand

#123
Inmediate value
Rx
Register x
Rx, LSL n
Register x with logical shift left by n bits
Rx, LSR n
Register x with logical shift right by n bits
 

Syntax

MNEMON­IC{­S}{­con­dition} {Rd}, Operand1, Operand2

Mnemonics

MNEMONIC
Descri­ption
{S}
An optional suffix. If S is specified, the condition flags are updated on the result of the operation
{condi­tion}
Condition that is needed to be met in order for the instru­ction to be executed
{Rd}
Register destin­ation for storing the result of the instru­ction
Operand1
First operand. Either a register or an inmediate value
Operand2
Second (flexible) operand. Either an inmediate value (number) or a register with an optional shift
{} - Optional

Common Instru­ctions

Instru­ction
Descri­ption
MOV
Move data
MVN
Move and negate
ADD
Addition
SUB
Substr­action
MUL
Multip­lic­ation
LSL
Logical Shift Left
LSR
Logical Shift Right
ASR
Arithmetic Shift Right
CMP
Compare
CMN
Compare and negate
AND
Bitwise AND
ORR
Bitwise OR
EOR
Bitwise XOR
LDR
Load
STR
Store
LDM
Load Multiple
STM
Store Multiple
B
Branch
BL
Branch with Link
BX
Branch and eXchange
BLX
Branch with Link and eXchange
BIC
Bit Clear
 

Address modes

Offset
str r2, [r1, #2]

Store the value found in R2 to the memory address found in R1 plus 2. Base register unmodi­fied.
Pre-in­dexed
str r2, [r1, #4]!

Store the value found in R2 to the memory address found in R1 plus 4. Base register (R1) modified: R1= R1+4
Post-i­ndexed
ldr r3, [r1], r2, LSL#2

Load the value at memory address found in R1 to the register R3. Then modify base register: R1 = R1+R2<­<2
Syntax:
STR Ra, [Rb, imm]
LDR Ra, [Rc, imm]

If there is a !, its prefix address mode
ldr   r3, [r1, #4]! 
ldr r3, [r1, r2]!
ldr r3, [r1, r2, LSL#2]!

If the base register is in brackets by itself, itā€™s postfix address mode
ldr   r3, [r1], #4
ldr r3, [r1], r2
ldr r3, [r1], r2, LSL#2

Anything else, offset address mode:
ldr   r3, [r1, #4]
ldr r3, [r1, r2]
ldr r3, [r1, r2, LSL#2]

Condit­ionals

Mnemonic
Descri­ption
Flags
EQ
Equals
Z=1
NE
Non equals
Z=0
HI
Higher than (NS)
C=1 & Z=0
LS
Less than (NS)
C=0 | Z=1
GE
Greater or equals (WS)
N=V
LT
Less than (WS)
N!=V
GT
Greater than (WS)
Z=0 & N=V
LE
Less or equals than (WS)
Z=1 | N!=V
(empty)
Always (non condit­ional)
NS - No sign
WS - With sign

Most of intruc­tions can be executed using condit­ionals. Ie:
`movle r2, r1
       
 

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