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• Description: M68hc08 Microcontrollers Microcontroller
• Manufacturer: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc

Timer Interface A (TIMA) Module
captured. To measure a pulse width, two alternate polarity edges are captured. Software should track the
overflows at the 16-bit module counter to extend its range.
Another use for the input capture function is to establish a time reference. In this case, an input capture
function is used in conjunction with an output compare function. For example, to activate an output signal
a specified number of clock cycles after detecting an input event (edge), use the input capture function to
record the time at which the edge occurred. A number corresponding to the desired delay is added to this
captured value and stored to an output compare register (see
both input captures and output compares are referenced to the same 16-bit modulo counter, the delay
can be controlled to the resolution of the counter independent of software latencies.
Reset does not affect the contents of the input capture channel register (TACHxH–TACHxL).
17.3.3 Output Compare
With the output compare function, the TIMA can generate a periodic pulse with a programmable polarity,
duration, and frequency. When the counter reaches the value in the registers of an output compare
channel, the TIMA can set, clear, or toggle the channel pin. Output compares can generate TIMA CPU
interrupt requests.
17.3.3.1 Unbuffered Output Compare
Any output compare channel can generate unbuffered output compare pulses as described in
Output
the new value over the old value currently in the TIMA channel registers.
An unsynchronized write to the TIMA channel registers to change an output compare value could cause
incorrect operation for up to two counter overflow periods. For example, writing a new value before the
counter reaches the old value but after the counter reaches the new value prevents any compare during
that counter overflow period. Also, using a TIMA overflow interrupt routine to write a new, smaller output
compare value may cause the compare to be missed. The TIMA may pass the new value before it is
written.
Use these methods to synchronize unbuffered changes in the output compare value on channel x:
17.3.3.2 Buffered Output Compare
Channels 0 and 1 can be linked to form a buffered output compare channel whose output appears on the
PTD0/TACH0 pin. The TIMA channel registers of the linked pair alternately control the output.
Setting the MS0B bit in TIMA channel 0 status and control register (TASC0) links channel 0 and
channel 1. The output compare value in the TIMA channel 0 registers initially controls the output on the
PTD0/TACH0 pin. Writing to the TIMA channel 1 registers enables the TIMA channel 1 registers to
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When changing to a smaller value, enable channel x output compare interrupts and write the new
value in the output compare interrupt routine. The output compare interrupt occurs at the end of
the current output compare pulse. The interrupt routine has until the end of the counter overflow
period to write the new value.
When changing to a larger output compare value, enable TIMA overflow interrupts and write the
new value in the TIMA overflow interrupt routine. The TIMA overflow interrupt occurs at the end of
the current counter overflow period. Writing a larger value in an output compare interrupt routine
(at the end of the current pulse) could cause two output compares to occur in the same counter
overflow period.
Compare. The pulses are unbuffered because changing the output compare value requires writing
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