ht82m9aae Holtek Semiconductor Inc., ht82m9aae Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: ht82m9aae
• Description: Usb Mouse Encoder 8-bit Mcu With Eeprom
• Manufacturer: Holtek Semiconductor Inc.

Timer/Event Counter
A timer/event counter (TMR) is implemented in the
microcontroller.
The timer/event counter contains a 16-bit programma-
ble count-up counter and the clock may come from an
external source or from the system clock divided by 4.
Using the internal clock source, there is only 1 reference
time-base for the timer/event counter. The internal clock
source is coming from f
allows the user to count external events, measure time
intervals or pulse widths.
There are 3 registers related to the timer/event counter;
TMRH (0FH), TMRL (10H), TMRC (11H). Writing TMRL
will only put the written data to an internal lower-order
byte buffer (8 bits) and writing TMRH will transfer the
specified data and the contents of the lower-order byte
buffer to TMRH and TMRL preload registers, respec-
tively. The timer/event counter preload register is
changed by each writing TMRH operations. Reading
TMRH will latch the contents of TMRH and TMRL coun-
ters to the destination and the lower-order byte buffer,
respectively. Reading the TMRL will read the contents of
the lower-order byte buffer. The TMRC is the
timer/event counter control register, which defines the
operating mode, counting enable or disable and active
edge.
The TM0, TM1 bits define the operating mode. The
event count mode is used to count external events,
which means that the clock source comes from an exter-
Rev. 1.20
Bit No.
0~2, 5
3
4
6
7
Label
TON
TM0
TM1
TE
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Unused bit, read as ²0²
Defines the TMR active edge of the timer/event counter
(0=active on low to high; 1=active on high to low)
Enable/disable the timer counting (0=disable; 1=enable)
Defines the operating mode
01=Event count mode (external clock)
10=Timer mode (internal clock)
11=Pulse width measurement mode
00=Unused
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TMRC (11H) Register
Timer/Event Counter
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nal (TMR) pin. The timer mode functions as a normal
timer with the clock source coming from the f
(Timer). The pulse width measurement mode can be
used to count the high or low level duration of the exter-
nal signal (TMR). The counting is based on the f
In the event count or timer mode, once the timer/event
counter starts counting, it will count from the current
contents in the timer/event counter to FFFFH. Once
overflow occurs, the counter is reloaded from the
timer/event counter preload register and generates the
interrupt request flag (TF; bit 6 of the INTC) at the same
time.
In the pulse width measurement mode with the TON and
TE bits equal to one, once the TMR has received a tran-
sient from low to high (or high to low if the TE bit is ²0²) it
will start counting until the TMR returns to the original
level and resets the TON. The measured result will re-
main in the timer/event counter even if the activated
transient occurs again. In other words, only one cycle
measurement can be done. Until setting the TON, the
cycle measurement will function again as long as it re-
ceives further transient pulse. Note that, in this operat-
ing mode, the timer/event counter starts counting not
according to the logic level but according to the transient
edges. In the case of counter overflows, the counter is
reloaded from the timer/event counter preload register
and issues the interrupt request just like the other two
modes. To enable the counting operation, the timer ON
bit (TON; bit 4 of TMRC) should be set to 1. In the pulse
width measurement mode, the TON will be cleared au-
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