XC68HC705JJ7 Motorola, XC68HC705JJ7 Datasheet - Page 160

• Manufacturer Part Number: XC68HC705JJ7
• Description: MICROCONTROLLER
• Manufacturer: Motorola

Programmable Timer
11.2 Introduction
Advance Information
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The MC68HC705JJ7/MC68HC705JP7 MCU contains a 16-bit
programmable timer with an input capture function and an output
compare function as shown by the block diagram in
The basis of the capture/compare timer is a 16-bit free-running counter
which increases in count with every four internal bus clock cycles. The
counter is the timing reference for the input capture and output compare
functions. The input capture and output compare functions provide a
means to latch the times at which external events occur, to measure
input waveforms, and to generate output waveforms and timing delays.
Software can read the value in the 16-bit free-running counter at any
time without affecting the counter sequence.
The input/output (I/O) registers for the input capture and output compare
functions are pairs of 8-bit registers, because of the 16-bit timer
architecture used. Each register pair contains the high and low bytes of
that function. Generally, accessing the low byte of a specific timer
function allows full control of that function; however, an access of the
high byte inhibits that specific timer function until the low byte is also
accessed.
Because the counter is 16 bits long and preceded by a fixed
divide-by-four prescaler, the counter rolls over every 262,144 internal
clock cycles (every 524,288 oscillator clock cycles). Timer resolution
with a 4-MHz crystal oscillator is 2 microseconds/count.
The interrupt capability, the input capture edge, and the output compare
state are controlled by the timer control register (TCR) located at $0012,
and the status of the interrupt flags can be read from the timer status
register (TSR) located at $0013.
Programmable Timer
MC68HC705JJ7 • MC68HC705JP7 — REV 4
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