ATMEGA324P-A15MZ Atmel, ATMEGA324P-A15MZ Datasheet - Page 95

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATMEGA324P-A15MZ
• Description: MCU AVR 32KB FLASH 15MHZ 44-VQFN
• Manufacturer: Atmel
• Series: AVR® ATmegar

Specifications of ATMEGA324P-A15MZ

• Package / Case: 44-VQFN Exposed Pad
• Voltage - Supply (vcc/vdd): 2.7 V ~ 5.5 V
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 125°C
• Speed: 16MHz
• Number Of I /o: 32
• Eeprom Size: 1K x 8
• Core Processor: AVR
• Program Memory Type: FLASH
• Ram Size: 2K x 8
• Program Memory Size: 32KB (32K x 8)
• Data Converters: A/D 8x10b
• Oscillator Type: Internal
• Peripherals: Brown-out Detect/Reset, POR, PWM, WDT
• Connectivity: I²C, SPI, UART/USART
• Core Size: 8-Bit
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

2503N–AVR–06/08
are used by the Waveform Generator for handling the special cases of the extreme values in
some modes of operation
A special feature of output compare unit A allows it to define the Timer/Counter TOP value (i.e.,
counter resolution). In addition to the counter resolution, the TOP value defines the period time
for waveforms generated by the Waveform Generator.
Figure 43
names indicates the device number (n = 1 for Timer/Counter1), and the “x” indicates output com-
pare unit (A/B). The elements of the block diagram that are not directly a part of the output
compare unit are gray shaded.
Figure 43. Output Compare Unit, Block Diagram
The OCR1x Register is double buffered when using any of the twelve Pulse Width Modulation
(PWM) modes. For the normal and Clear Timer on Compare (CTC) modes of operation, the dou-
ble buffering is disabled. The double buffering synchronizes the update of the OCR1x Compare
Register to either TOP or BOTTOM of the counting sequence. The synchronization prevents the
occurrence of odd-length, non-symmetrical PWM pulses, thereby making the output glitch-free.
The OCR1x Register access may seem complex, but this is not case. When the double buffering
is enabled, the CPU has access to the OCR1x Buffer Register, and if double buffering is dis-
abled the CPU will access the OCR1x directly. The content of the OCR1x (Buffer or Compare)
Register is only changed by a write operation (the Timer/Counter does not update this register
automatically as the TCNT1 and ICR1 Register). Therefore OCR1x is not read via the high byte
temporary register (TEMP). However, it is a good practice to read the low byte first as when
accessing other 16-bit registers. Writing the OCR1x Registers must be done via the TEMP Reg-
ister since the compare of all 16 bits is done continuously. The high byte (OCR1xH) has to be
written first. When the high byte I/O location is written by the CPU, the TEMP Register will be
updated by the value written. Then when the low byte (OCR1xL) is written to the lower eight bits,
the high byte will be copied into the upper 8-bits of either the OCR1x buffer or OCR1x Compare
Register in the same system clock cycle.
shows a block diagram of the output compare unit. The small “n” in the register and bit
OCRnxH Buf. (8-bit)
OCRnxH (8-bit)
BOTTOM
OCRnx Buffer (16-bit Register)
TEMP (8-bit)
TOP
OCRnx (16-bit Register)
(See “Modes of Operation” on page
OCRnxL Buf. (8-bit)
OCRnxL (8-bit)
DATA BUS
WGMn3:0
Waveform Generator
=
(16-bit Comparator )
(8-bit)
COMnx1:0
TCNTnH (8-bit)
OCFnx (Int.Req.)
97.)
TCNTn (16-bit Counter)
ATmega32(L)
TCNTnL (8-bit)
OCnx
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