cop8cde9 National Semiconductor Corporation, cop8cde9 Datasheet - Page 29

• Manufacturer Part Number: cop8cde9
• Description: 8-bit Cmos Flash Microcontroller With 8k Memory, Virtual Eeprom, 10-bit A/d And Brownout Reset
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor Corporation

6.0 Timers
RSVD: This bit is reserved and must be set to 0.
ITSEL2:0: Selects the Idle Timer period as described in
Table 15, Idle Timer Window Length.
Any time the IDLE Timer period is changed there is the
possibility of generating a spurious IDLE Timer interrupt by
setting the T0PND bit. The user is advised to disable IDLE
Timer interrupts prior to changing the value of the ITSEL bits
of the ITMR Register and then clear the T0PND bit before
attempting to synchronize operation to the IDLE Timer.
6.2 TIMER T1 and TIMER T2
The device has a set of two powerful timer/counter blocks,
T1 and T2. Since T1 and T2 are identical, except for the high
speed operation of T2, all comments are equally applicable
to either of the two timer blocks which will be referred to as
Tx. Differences between the timers will be specifically noted.
Each timer block consists of a 16-bit timer, Tx, and two
supporting 16-bit autoreload/capture registers, RxA and
RxB. Each timer block has two pins associated with it, TxA
and TxB. The pin TxA supports I/O required by the timer
block, while the pin TxB is an input to the timer block. The
timer block has three operating modes: Processor Indepen-
dent PWM mode, External Event Counter mode, and Input
Capture mode.
The control bits TxC3, TxC2, and TxC1 allow selection of the
different modes of operation.
6.2.1 Timer Operating Speeds
Each of the Tx timers, except T1, have the ability to operate
at either the instruction cycle frequency (low speed) or the
internal clock frequency (MCLK). For 10 MHz CKI, the in-
struction cycle frequency is 2 MHz and the internal clock
frequency is 20 MHz. This feature is controlled by the High
Speed Timer Control Register, HSTCR. Its format is shown
below. To place a timer, Tx, in high speed mode, set the
appropriate TxHS bit to 1. For low speed operation, clear the
appropriate TxHS bit to 0. This register is cleared to 00 on
Reset.
6.2.2 Mode 1. Processor Independent PWM Mode
One of the timer’s operating modes is the Processor Inde-
pendent PWM mode. In this mode, the timers generate a
“Processor Independent” PWM signal because once the
timer is set up, no more action is required from the CPU
which translates to less software overhead and greater
throughput. The user software services the timer block only
when the PWM parameters require updating. This capability
is provided by the fact that the timer has two separate 16-bit
reload registers. One of the reload registers contains the
“ON” time while the other holds the “OFF” time. By contrast,
a microcontroller that has only a single reload register re-
quires an additional software to update the reload value
(alternate between the on-time/off-time).
The timer can generate the PWM output with the width and
duty cycle controlled by the values stored in the reload
registers. The reload registers control the countdown values
and the reload values are automatically written into the timer
when it counts down through 0, generating interrupt on each
reload. Under software control and with minimal overhead,
Bit 7
0
Bit 6
0
Bit 5
0
(Continued)
Bit 4
0
HSTCR
Bit 3
0
Bit 2
0
Bit 1
0
T2HS
Bit 0
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the PWM outputs are useful in controlling motors, triacs, the
intensity of displays, and in providing inputs for data acqui-
sition and sine wave generators.
In this mode, the timer Tx counts down at a fixed rate of t
(T2 may be selected to operate from MCLK). Upon every
underflow the timer is alternately reloaded with the contents
of supporting registers, RxA and RxB. The very first under-
flow of the timer causes the timer to reload from the register
RxA. Subsequent underflows cause the timer to be reloaded
from the registers alternately beginning with the register
RxB.
Figure 16 shows a block diagram of the timer in PWM mode.
The underflows can be programmed to toggle the TxA output
pin. The underflows can also be programmed to generate
interrupts.
Underflows from the timer are alternately latched into two
pending flags, TxPNDA and TxPNDB. The user must reset
these pending flags under software control. Two control
enable flags, TxENA and TxENB, allow the interrupts from
the timer underflow to be enabled or disabled. Setting the
timer enable flag TxENA will cause an interrupt when a timer
underflow causes the RxA register to be reloaded into the
timer. Setting the timer enable flag TxENB will cause an
interrupt when a timer underflow causes the RxB register to
be reloaded into the timer. Resetting the timer enable flags
will disable the associated interrupts.
Either or both of the timer underflow interrupts may be
enabled. This gives the user the flexibility of interrupting
once per PWM period on either the rising or falling edge of
the PWM output. Alternatively, the user may choose to inter-
rupt on both edges of the PWM output.
6.2.3 Mode 2. External Event Counter Mode
This mode is quite similar to the processor independent
PWM mode described above. The main difference is that the
timer, Tx, is clocked by the input signal from the TxA pin after
synchronization to the appropriate internal clock (t
MCLK). The Tx timer control bits, TxC3, TxC2 and TxC1
allow the timer to be clocked either on a positive or negative
edge from the TxA pin. Underflows from the timer are latched
into the TxPNDA pending flag. Setting the TxENA control flag
will cause an interrupt when the timer underflows.
FIGURE 16. Timer in PWM Mode
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