MC68HC11E Motorola, MC68HC11E Datasheet - Page 145

• Manufacturer Part Number: MC68HC11E
• Description: Microcontrollers
• Manufacturer: Motorola

9.3 Input Capture
M68HC11E Family — Rev. 5
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The input capture function records the time an external event occurs by latching
the value of the free-running counter when a selected edge is detected at the
associated timer input pin. Software can store latched values and use them to
compute the periodicity and duration of events. For example, by storing the times
of successive edges of an incoming signal, software can determine the period and
pulse width of a signal. To measure period, two successive edges of the same
polarity are captured. To measure pulse width, two alternate polarity edges are
captured.
In most cases, input capture edges are asynchronous to the internal timer counter,
which is clocked relative to an internal clock (PH2). These asynchronous capture
requests are synchronized to PH2 so that the latching occurs on the opposite half
cycle of PH2 from when the timer counter is being incremented. This
synchronization process introduces a delay from when the edge occurs to when
the counter value is detected. Because these delays offset each other when the
time between two edges is being measured, the delay can be ignored. When an
input capture is being used with an output compare, there is a similar delay
between the actual compare point and when the output pin changes state.
The control and status bits that implement the input capture functions are
contained in:
To configure port A bit 3 as an input capture, clear the DDRA3 bit of the PACTL
register. Note that this bit is cleared out of reset. To enable PA3 as the fourth input
capture, set the I4/O5 bit in the PACTL register. Otherwise, PA3 is configured as a
fifth output compare out of reset, with bit I4/O5 being cleared. If the DDRA3 bit is
set (configuring PA3 as an output), and IC4 is enabled, then writes to PA3 cause
edges on the pin to result in input captures. Writing to TI4/O5 has no effect when
the TI4/O5 register is acting as IC4.
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Pulse accumulator control register (PACTL)
Timer control 2 register (TCTL2)
Timer interrupt mask 1 register (TMSK1)
Timer interrupt flag 2 register (TFLG1)
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Timing System
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