ATMEGA8L-8PU Atmel, ATMEGA8L-8PU Datasheet - Page 77

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATMEGA8L-8PU
• Description: IC AVR MCU 8K 8MHZ 3V 28DIP
• Manufacturer: Atmel
• Series: AVR® ATmegar

Specifications of ATMEGA8L-8PU

• Core Processor: AVR
• Core Size: 8-Bit
• Speed: 8MHz
• Connectivity: I²C, SPI, UART/USART
• Peripherals: Brown-out Detect/Reset, POR, PWM, WDT
• Number Of I /o: 23
• Program Memory Size: 8KB (4K x 16)
• Program Memory Type: FLASH
• Eeprom Size: 512 x 8
• Ram Size: 1K x 8
• Voltage - Supply (vcc/vdd): 2.7 V ~ 5.5 V
• Data Converters: A/D 6x10b
• Oscillator Type: Internal
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Package / Case: 28-DIP (0.300", 7.62mm)
• Cpu Family: ATmega
• Device Core: AVR
• Device Core Size: 8b
• Frequency (max): 8MHz
• Interface Type: SPI/TWI/USART
• Total Internal Ram Size: 1KB
• # I/os (max): 23
• Number Of Timers - General Purpose: 3
• Operating Supply Voltage (typ): 3.3/5V
• Operating Supply Voltage (max): 5.5V
• Operating Supply Voltage (min): 2.7V
• On-chip Adc: 6-chx10-bit
• Instruction Set Architecture: RISC
• Operating Temp Range: -40C to 85C
• Operating Temperature Classification: Industrial
• Mounting: Through Hole
• Pin Count: 28
• Package Type: PDIP
• Processor Series: ATMEGA8x
• Core: AVR8
• Data Bus Width: 8 bit
• Data Ram Size: 1 KB
• Maximum Clock Frequency: 8 MHz
• Number Of Programmable I/os: 23
• Number Of Timers: 3
• Operating Supply Voltage: 2.7 V to 5.5 V
• Maximum Operating Temperature: + 85 C
• Mounting Style: Through Hole
• 3rd Party Development Tools: EWAVR, EWAVR-BL
• Minimum Operating Temperature: - 40 C
• Controller Family/series: AVR MEGA
• No. Of I/o's: 23
• Eeprom Memory Size: 512Byte
• Ram Memory Size: 1KB
• Cpu Speed: 8MHz
• Rohs Compliant: Yes
• For Use With: ATSTK600-TQFP32 - STK600 SOCKET/ADAPTER 32-TQFPATSTK600-DIP40 - STK600 SOCKET/ADAPTER 40-PDIP770-1007 - ISP 4PORT ATMEL AVR MCU SPI/JTAGATAVRISP2 - PROGRAMMER AVR IN SYSTEMATSTK500 - PROGRAMMER AVR STARTER KIT
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

Accessing 16-bit
Registers
2486O–AVR–10/04
The TCNT1, OCR1A/B, and ICR1 are 16-bit registers that can be accessed by the AVR
CPU via the 8-bit data bus. The 16-bit register must be byte accessed using two read or
write operations. The 16-bit timer has a single 8-bit register for temporary storing of the
High byte of the 16-bit access. The same temporary register is shared between all 16-bit
registers within the 16-bit timer. Accessing the Low byte triggers the 16-bit read or write
operation. When the Low byte of a 16-bit register is written by the CPU, the High byte
stored in the temporary register, and the Low byte written are both copied into the 16-bit
register in the same clock cycle. When the Low byte of a 16-bit register is read by the
CPU, the High byte of the 16-bit register is copied into the temporary register in the
same clock cycle as the Low byte is read.
Not all 16-bit accesses uses the temporary register for the High byte. Reading the
OCR1A/B 16-bit registers does not involve using the temporary register.
To do a 16-bit write, the High byte must be written before the Low byte. For a 16-bit
read, the Low byte must be read before the High byte.
The following code examples show how to access the 16-bit Timer Registers assuming
that no interrupts updates the temporary register. The same principle can be used
directly for accessing the OCR1A/B and ICR1 Registers. Note that when using “C”, the
compiler handles the 16-bit access.
Note:
The assembly code example returns the TCNT1 value in the r17:r16 Register pair.
It is important to notice that accessing 16-bit registers are atomic operations. If an inter-
rupt occurs between the two instructions accessing the 16-bit register, and the interrupt
code updates the temporary register by accessing the same or any other of the 16-bit
Timer Registers, then the result of the access outside the interrupt will be corrupted.
Therefore, when both the main code and the interrupt code update the temporary regis-
ter, the main code must disable the interrupts during the 16-bit access.
Assembly Code Example
C Code Example
...
; Set TCNT1 to 0x01FF
ldi r17,0x01
ldi r16,0xFF
out TCNT1H,r17
out TCNT1L,r16
; Read TCNT1 into r17:r16
in r16,TCNT1L
in r17,TCNT1H
...
unsigned int i;
...
/* Set TCNT1 to 0x01FF */
TCNT1 = 0x1FF;
/* Read TCNT1 into i */
i = TCNT1;
...
1. The example code assumes that the part specific header file is included.
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