MC68HC908QY4CDW Datasheet, PDF (123/184 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Functional Description
control the output are the ones written to last. TSC0 controls and monitors the buffered output compare
function, and TIM channel 1 status and control register (TSC1) is unused. While the MS0B bit is set, the
channel 1 pin, TCH1, is available as a general-purpose I/O pin.
NOTE
In buffered output compare operation, do not write new output compare
values to the currently active channel registers. User software should track
the currently active channel to prevent writing a new value to the active
channel. Writing to the active channel registers is the same as generating
unbuffered output compares.
14.4.4 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
By using the toggle-on-overflow feature with an output compare channel, the TIM can generate a PWM
signal. The value in the TIM counter modulo registers determines the period of the PWM signal. The
channel pin toggles when the counter reaches the value in the TIM counter modulo registers. The time
between overflows is the period of the PWM signal
As Figure 14-3 shows, the output compare value in the TIM channel registers determines the pulse width
of the PWM signal. The time between overflow and output compare is the pulse width. Program the TIM
to clear the channel pin on output compare if the state of the PWM pulse is logic 1 (ELSxA = 0). Program
the TIM to set the pin if the state of the PWM pulse is logic 0 (ELSxA = 1).
The value in the TIM counter modulo registers and the selected prescaler output determines the
frequency of the PWM output The frequency of an 8-bit PWM signal is variable in 256 increments. Writing
$00FF (255) to the TIM counter modulo registers produces a PWM period of 256 times the internal bus
clock period if the prescaler select value is 000. See 14.9.1 TIM Status and Control Register.
The value in the TIM channel registers determines the pulse width of the PWM output. The pulse width of
an 8-bit PWM signal is variable in 256 increments. Writing $0080 (128) to the TIM channel registers
produces a duty cycle of 128/256 or 50%.
OVERFLOW
OVERFLOW
POLARITY = 1
(ELSxA = 0)
TCHx
POLARITY = 0
(ELSxA = 1) ^TCHx
PERIOD
PULSE
WIDTH
OVERFLOW
OUTPUT
COMPARE
OUTPUT
COMPARE
Figure 14-3. PWM Period and Pulse Width
OUTPUT
COMPARE
MC68HC908QY/QT Family Data Sheet, Rev. 6
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