34.3.3.7 REPEAT
- Set Instruction Repeat
Counter
The REPEAT
instruction is used to store the repeat count value into
the UPDI Repeat Counter register on the DL layer. When instructions are used with
REPEAT
, the protocol overhead for SYNCH and instruction frame can
be omitted on all instructions except the first instruction after the
REPEAT
is issued. REPEAT
is most useful for memory
instructions (LD
, ST
, LDS
,
STS
), but all instructions can be repeated, except for the
REPEAT
instruction itself.
The DATA_SIZE operand field refers to the size of the repeat value. Only up
to 255 repeats are supported. The instruction loaded directly after the
REPEAT
instruction will be issued for RPT_0 + 1
times. If the Repeat Counter register is ‘0
’, the instruction will run
just once. An ongoing repeat can be aborted only by sending a BREAK character.
The figure above gives an example of repeat operation with an
ST
instruction using pointer post-increment operation. After the
REPEAT
instruction is sent with RPT_0 =
n, the first ST
instruction is issued
with SYNCH and instruction frame, while the next n
ST
instructions are executed by only sending data bytes according to
the ST
operand DATA_SIZE
, and maintaining the
Acknowledge (ACK) handshake protocol.
For LD
, data will come out continuously after the
LD
instruction. Note the guard time on the first data block.
If using indirect addressing instructions (LD/ST
), it is
recommended to always use the pointer post-increment option when combined with
REPEAT
. The ST/LD
instruction is necessary only
before the first data block (number of data bytes determined by DATA_SIZE). Otherwise,
the same address will be accessed in all repeated access operations. For direct
addressing instructions (LDS
/STS
), the address must
always be transmitted as specified in the instruction protocol, before data can be
received (LDS
) or sent (STS
).