ATMEGA8_14 Datasheet, PDF (95/331 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – High-performance, Low-power Atmel

ATmega8(L)
ing diagrams will be the same, but TOP should be replaced by BOTTOM, TOP-1 by BOTTOM+1
and so on. The same renaming applies for modes that set the TOV1 Flag at BOTTOM.
Figure 43. Timer/Counter Timing Diagram, no Prescaling
clk_I/O
clk_Tn
(clk_I/O/1)
TCNTn
(CTC and FPWM)
TCNTn
(PC and PFC PWM)
TOVn (FPWM)
and ICFn (if used
as TOP)
OCRnx
(Update at TOP)
TOP - 1
TOP - 1
TOP
TOP
Old OCRnx Value
BOTTOM
TOP - 1
BOTTOM + 1
TOP - 2
New OCRnx Value
Figure 44 shows the same timing data, but with the prescaler enabled.
Figure 44. Timer/Counter Timing Diagram, with Prescaler (f_{clk_I/O}/8)
clk_I/O
clk_Tn
(clk_I/O/8)
TCNTn
(CTC and FPWM)
TCNTn
(PC and PFC PWM)
TOVn (FPWM)
and ICFn (if used
as TOP)
OCRnx
(Update at TOP)
TOP - 1
TOP - 1
TOP
TOP
Old OCRnx Value
BOTTOM
BOTTOM + 1
TOP - 1
TOP - 2
New OCRnx Value
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