ATtiny24A Atmel Corporation, ATtiny24A Datasheet - Page 91

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATtiny24A
• Manufacturer: Atmel Corporation

Specifications of ATtiny24A

• Flash (kbytes): 2 Kbytes
• Pin Count: 14
• Max. Operating Frequency: 20 MHz
• Cpu: 8-bit AVR
• # Of Touch Channels: 4
• Hardware Qtouch Acquisition: No
• Max I/o Pins: 12
• Ext Interrupts: 12
• Usb Speed: No
• Usb Interface: No
• Spi: 1
• Twi (i2c): 1
• Graphic Lcd: No
• Video Decoder: No
• Camera Interface: No
• Adc Channels: 8
• Adc Resolution (bits): 10
• Adc Speed (ksps): 15
• Analog Comparators: 1
• Resistive Touch Screen: No
• Temp. Sensor: Yes
• Crypto Engine: No
• Sram (kbytes): 0.12
• Eeprom (bytes): 128
• Self Program Memory: YES
• Dram Memory: No
• Nand Interface: No
• Picopower: Yes
• Temp. Range (deg C): -40 to 85
• I/o Supply Class: 1.8 to 5.5
• Operating Voltage (vcc): 1.8 to 5.5
• Fpu: No
• Mpu / Mmu: no / no
• Timers: 2
• Output Compare Channels: 4
• Input Capture Channels: 1
• Pwm Channels: 4
• 32khz Rtc: No
• Calibrated Rc Oscillator: Yes

8183D–AVR–04/11
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 12-4 on page 91
register and bit names indicates the device number (n = 1 for Timer/Counter 1), and the “x” indi-
cates Output Compare unit (A/B). The elements of the block diagram that are not directly a part
of the Output Compare unit are gray shaded.
Figure 12-4.
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
double buffering is disabled. The double buffering synchronizes the update of the OCR1x Com-
pare 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 out-
put 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
Output Compare Unit, Block Diagram
OCRnxH Buf. (8-bit)
shows a block diagram of the Output Compare unit. The small “n” in the
OCRnxH (8-bit)
(“Modes of Operation” on page
BOTTOM
OCRnx
TEMP (8-bit)
TOP
OCRnx (16-bit Register)
Buffer (16-bit Register)
OCRnxL Buf. (8-bit)
OCRnxL (8-bit)
DATA BUS
Waveform Generator
WGMn[3:0]
=
(16-bit Comparator )
(8-bit)
94).
COMnx[1:0]
ATtiny24A/44A/84A
TCNTnH (8-bit)
OCFnx (Int.Req.)
TCNTn (16-bit Counter)
TCNTnL (8-bit)
OCnx
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