cop8scr9lva8 National Semiconductor Corporation, cop8scr9lva8 Datasheet - Page 36

• Manufacturer Part Number: cop8scr9lva8
• Description: 8-bit Cmos Flash Based Microcontroller With 32k Memory, Virtual Eeprom And Brownoutff
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor Corporation

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12.0 Timers
12.2.3 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.
In this mode the input pin TxB can be used as an indepen-
dent positive edge sensitive interrupt input if the TxENB
control flag is set. The occurrence of a positive edge on the
TxB input pin is latched into the TxPNDB flag.
Figure 17 shows a block diagram of the timer in External
Event Counter mode.
Note: The PWM output is not available in this mode since the
TxA pin is being used as the counter input clock.
12.2.4 Mode 3. Input Capture Mode
The device can precisely measure external frequencies or
time external events by placing the timer block, Tx, in the
input capture mode. In this mode, the reload registers serve
as independent capture registers, capturing the contents of
the timer when an external event occurs (transition on the
timer input pin). The capture registers can be read while
maintaining count, a feature that lets the user measure
elapsed time and time between events. By saving the timer
value when the external event occurs, the time of the exter-
nal event is recorded. Most microcontrollers have a latency
time because they cannot determine the timer value when
the external event occurs. The capture register eliminates
the latency time, thereby allowing the applications program
to retrieve the timer value stored in the capture register.
In this mode, the timer Tx is constantly running at the fixed t
or MCLK rate. The two registers, RxA and RxB, act as
capture registers. Each register also acts in conjunction with
a pin. The register RxA acts in conjunction with the TxA pin
and the register RxB acts in conjunction with the TxB pin.
The timer value gets copied over into the register when a
trigger event occurs on its corresponding pin after synchro-
FIGURE 17. Timer in External Event Counter Mode
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nization to the appropriate internal clock (t
trol bits, TxC3, TxC2 and TxC1, allow the trigger events to be
specified either as a positive or a negative edge. The trigger
condition for each input pin can be specified independently.
The trigger conditions can also be programmed to generate
interrupts. The occurrence of the specified trigger condition
on the TxA and TxB pins will be respectively latched into the
pending flags, TxPNDA and TxPNDB. The control flag
TxENA allows the interrupt on TxA to be either enabled or
disabled. Setting the TxENA flag enables interrupts to be
generated when the selected trigger condition occurs on the
TxA pin. Similarly, the flag TxENB controls the interrupts
from the TxB pin.
Underflows from the timer can also be programmed to gen-
erate interrupts. Underflows are latched into the timer TxC0
pending flag (the TxC0 control bit serves as the timer under-
flow interrupt pending flag in the Input Capture mode). Con-
sequently, the TxC0 control bit should be reset when enter-
ing the Input Capture mode. The timer underflow interrupt is
enabled with the TxENA control flag. When a TxA interrupt
occurs in the Input Capture mode, the user must check both
the TxPNDA and TxC0 pending flags in order to determine
whether a TxA input capture or a timer underflow (or both)
caused the interrupt.
Figure 18 shows a block diagram of the timer T1 in Input
Capture mode. T2 and T3 are identical to T1.
12.3 TIMER CONTROL FLAGS
The control bits and their functions are summarized below.
TxC3
TxC2
TxC1
TxC0
TxPNDA Timer Interrupt Pending Flag
TxENA
TxPNDB Timer Interrupt Pending Flag
FIGURE 18. Timer in Input Capture Mode
Timer mode control
Timer mode control
Timer mode control
Timer Start/Stop control in Modes 1 and 2 (Pro-
cessor Independent PWM and External Event
Counter), where 1 = Start, 0 = Stop
Timer Underflow Interrupt Pending Flag in Mode
3 (Input Capture)
Timer Interrupt Enable Flag
1 = Timer Interrupt Enabled
0 = Timer Interrupt Disabled
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