ATMEGA169 ATMEL [ATMEL Corporation], ATMEGA169 Datasheet - Page 94

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATMEGA169
• Description: 8-bit Microcontroller with 16K Bytes In-System Programmable Flash
• Manufacturer: ATMEL [ATMEL Corporation]

General Timer/Counter
Control Register – GTCCR
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the edge detector uses sampling, the maximum frequency of an external clock it can
detect is half the sampling frequency (Nyquist sampling theorem). However, due to vari-
ation of the system clock frequency and duty cycle caused by Oscillator source (crystal,
resonator, and capacitors) tolerances, it is recommended that maximum frequency of an
external clock source is less than f
An external clock source can not be prescaled.
Figure 39. Prescaler for Timer/Counter0 and Timer/Counter1
Note:
• Bit 7 – TSM: Timer/Counter Synchronization Mode
Writing the TSM bit to one activates the Timer/Counter Synchronization mode. In this
mode, the value that is written to the PSR2 and PSR10 bits is kept, hence keeping the
corresponding prescaler reset signals asserted. This ensures that the corresponding
Timer/Counters are halted and can be configured to the same value without the risk of
one of them advancing during configuration. When the TSM bit is written to zero, the
PSR2 and PSR10 bits are cleared by hardware, and the Timer/Counters start counting
simultaneously.
• Bit 0 – PSR10: Prescaler Reset Timer/Counter1 and Timer/Counter0
When this bit is one, Timer/Counter1 and Timer/Counter0 prescaler will be Reset. This
bit is normally cleared immediately by hardware, except if the TSM bit is set. Note that
Timer/Counter1 and Timer/Counter0 share the same prescaler and a reset of this pres-
caler will affect both timers.
PSR10
Bit
Read/Write
Initial Value
clk
T0
T1
I/O
Synchronization
Synchronization
1. The synchronization logic on the input pins (
TSM
R/W
7
0
R
6
–
0
R
5
–
0
clk_I/O
clk
Clear
T1
/2.5.
R
4
–
0
R
3
–
0
T1/T0)
is shown in Figure 38.
R
2
–
0
(1)
PSR2
R/W
1
0
clk
PSR10
R/W
T0
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0
0
GTCCR