ATmega8HVA Atmel Corporation, ATmega8HVA Datasheet - Page 83

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATmega8HVA
• Manufacturer: Atmel Corporation

Specifications of ATmega8HVA

• Flash (kbytes): 8 Kbytes
• Pin Count: 28
• Max. Operating Frequency: 4 MHz
• Cpu: 8-bit AVR
• # Of Touch Channels: 3
• Hardware Qtouch Acquisition: No
• Max I/o Pins: 6
• Ext Interrupts: 3
• Usb Speed: No
• Usb Interface: No
• Spi: 1
• Graphic Lcd: No
• Video Decoder: No
• Camera Interface: No
• Adc Channels: 6
• Adc Resolution (bits): 12
• Adc Speed (ksps): 1.9
• Resistive Touch Screen: No
• Temp. Sensor: Yes
• Crypto Engine: No
• Sram (kbytes): 0.5
• Eeprom (bytes): 256
• Self Program Memory: YES
• Dram Memory: No
• Nand Interface: No
• Picopower: No
• Temp. Range (deg C): -20 to 85
• I/o Supply Class: 1.8 to 9.0
• Operating Voltage (vcc): 1.8 to 9.0
• Fpu: No
• Mpu / Mmu: no / no
• Timers: 2
• Output Compare Channels: 4
• Input Capture Channels: 2
• 32khz Rtc: No
• Calibrated Rc Oscillator: Yes

17.6.1
17.6.2
17.6.3
8024A–AVR–04/08
Input Capture Trigger Source
Noise Canceler
Using the Input Capture Unit
When a change of the logic level (an event) occurs on the Input Capture pin (ICPx), and this
change confirms to the setting of the edge detector, a capture will be triggered. When a capture
is triggered, the value of the counter (TCNTn) is written to the Input Capture Register (ICRn).
The Input Capture Flag (ICFn) is set at the same system clock as the TCNTn value is copied into
Input Capture Register. If enabled (TICIEn=1), the Input Capture Flag generates an Input Cap-
ture interrupt. The ICFn flag is automatically cleared when the interrupt is executed. Alternatively
the ICFn flag can be cleared by software by writing a logical one to its I/O bit location.
The default trigger source for the Input Capture unit is the I/O port PC0 in Timer/Counter0 and
the Battery Protection Interrupt in Timer/Counter1. Alternatively can the osi_posedge pin on the
Oscillator Sampling Interface in Timer/Counter0 and Voltage Regulator Interrupt in
Timer/Counter1 be used as trigger sources. The osi_posedge pin in Timer/Counter0 Control
Register A (TCCR0A) and the Voltage Regulator Interrupt bit in the Timer/Counter1 Control
Register A (TCCR1A) is selected as trigger sources by setting the Input Capture Select bits
respectively to 00 and 11. Be aware that changing trigger source can trigger a capture. The
Input Capture Flag must therefore be cleared after the change.
Both Input Capture inputs are sampled using the same technique. The edge detector is also
identical. However, when the noise canceler is enabled, additional logic is inserted before the
edge detector, which increases the delay by four system clock cycles. An Input Capture on
Timer/Counter0 can also be triggered by software by controlling the port of the PC0 pin.
The noise canceler improves noise immunity by using a simple digital filtering scheme. The
noise canceler input is monitored over four samples, and all four must be equal for changing the
output that in turn is used by the edge detector.
The noise canceler is enabled by setting the Input Capture Noise Canceler (ICNCn) bit in
Timer/Counter Control Register n B (TCCRnB). When enabled the noise canceler introduces
additional four system clock cycles of delay from a change applied to the input, to the update of
the ICRn Register. The noise canceler uses the system clock and is therefore not affected by the
prescaler.
The main challenge when using the Input Capture unit is to assign enough processor capacity
for handling the incoming events. The time between two events is critical. If the processor has
not read the captured value in the ICRn Register before the next event occurs, the ICRn will be
overwritten with a new value. In this case the result of the capture will be incorrect.
When using the Input Capture interrupt, the ICRn Register should be read as early in the inter-
rupt handler routine as possible. The maximum interrupt response time is dependent on the
maximum number of clock cycles it takes to handle any of the other interrupt requests.
Measurement of an external signal duty cycle requires that the trigger edge is changed after
each capture. Changing the edge sensing must be done as early as possible after the ICRn
Register has been read. After a change of the edge, the Input Capture Flag (ICFn) must be
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