HT56R66 Holtek Semiconductor Inc., HT56R66 Datasheet - Page 44

• Manufacturer Part Number: HT56R66
• Description: Tinypower Tm A/d Type With Lcd 8-bit Otp Mcu
• Manufacturer: Holtek Semiconductor Inc.

As the external timer pin is shared with an I/O pin, to en-
sure that the pin is configured to operate as an event
counter input pin, two things have to happen. The first is
to ensure that the Operating Mode Select bits in the
Timer Control Register place the Timer/Event Counter in
the Event Counting Mode, the second is to ensure that
the port control register configures the pin as an input. It
should be noted that in the event counting mode, even if
the microcontroller is in the Power Down Mode, the
Timer/Event Counter will continue to record externally
changing logic events on the timer input pin. As a result
when the timer overflows it will generate a timer interrupt
and corresponding wake-up source.
Configuring the Pulse Width Measurement Mode
In this mode, the Timer/Event Counter can be utilised to
measure the width of external pulses applied to the ex-
ternal timer pin. To operate in this mode, the Operating
Mode Select bit pair, TnM1/TnM0, in the Timer Control
Register must be set to the correct value as shown.
In this mode the internal clock, f
nal clock for the 8-bit Timer/Event Counter and f
f
Timer/Event Counter. However, the clock source, f
for the 8-bit timer is further divided by a prescaler, the
value of which is determined by the Prescaler Rate Se-
lect bits TnPSC2~TnPSC0, which are bits 2~0 in the
Timer Control Register. After the other bits in the Timer
Control Register have been setup, the enable bit TnON,
which is bit 4 of the Timer Control Register, can be set
high to enable the Timer/Event Counter, however it will
not actually start counting until an active edge is re-
ceived on the external timer pin.
If the Active Edge Select bit TnE, which is bit 3 of the
Timer Control Register, is low, once a high to low transi-
Rev. 1.10
Control Register Operating Mode
Select Bits for the Pulse Width
Measurement Mode
SYS
/4 is used as the internal clock for the 16-bit
SYS
, is used as the inter-
Pulse Width Measure Mode Timing Chart
Event Counter Mode Timing Chart
Bit7 Bit6
1
SUB
SYS
1
or
,
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tion has been received on the external timer pin, the
Timer/Event Counter will start counting until the external
timer pin returns to its original high level. At this point the
enable bit will be automatically reset to zero and the
Timer/Event Counter will stop counting. If the Active
Edge Select bit is high, the Timer/Event Counter will be-
gin counting once a low to high transition has been re-
ceived on the external timer pin and stop counting when
the external timer pin returns to its original low level. As
before, the enable bit will be automatically reset to zero
and the Timer/Event Counter will stop counting. It is im-
portant to note that in the Pulse Width Measurement
Mode, the enable bit is automatically reset to zero when
the external control signal on the external timer pin re-
turns to its original level, whereas in the other two
modes the enable bit can only be reset to zero under
program control.
The residual value in the Timer/Event Counter, which
can now be read by the program, therefore represents
the length of the pulse received on the external timer
pin. As the enable bit has now been reset, any further
transitions on the external timer pin will be ignored. Not
until the enable bit is again set high by the program can
the timer begin further pulse width measurements. In
this way, single shot pulse measurements can be easily
Made.
It should be noted that in this mode the Timer/Event
Counter is controlled by logical transitions on the exter-
nal timer pin and not by the logic level. When the
Timer/Event Counter is full and overflows, an interrupt
signal is generated and the Timer/Event Counter will re-
load the value already loaded into the preload register
and continue counting. The interrupt can be disabled by
ensuring that the Timer/Event Counter Interrupt Enable
bit in the corresponding Interrupt Control Register, is re-
set to zero.
As the external timer pin is shared with an I/O pin, to en-
sure that the pin is configured to operate as a pulse
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