MC9S08GB60A Datasheet, PDF (162/302 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – HCS08 Microcontrollers

Timer/PWM (TPM)
generation of 100 percent duty cycle is not necessary). This is not a significant limitation because the
resulting period is much longer than required for normal applications.
TPMxMODH:TPMxMODL = $0000 is a special case that should not be used with center-aligned PWM
mode. When CPWMS = 0, this case corresponds to the counter running free from $0000 through $FFFF,
but when CPWMS = 1 the counter needs a valid match to the modulus register somewhere other than at
$0000 in order to change directions from up-counting to down-counting.
Figure 10-4 shows the output compare value in the TPM channel registers (multiplied by 2), which
determines the pulse width (duty cycle) of the CPWM signal. If ELSnA = 0, the compare match while
counting up forces the CPWM output signal low and a compare match while counting down forces the
output high. The counter counts up until it reaches the modulo setting in TPMxMODH:TPMxMODL, then
counts down until it reaches zero. This sets the period equal to two times TPMxMODH:TPMxMODL.
COUNT =
TPMxMODH:TPMx
OUTPUT
COMPARE
(COUNT DOWN)
COUNT = 0
OUTPUT
COMPARE
(COUNT UP)
COUNT =
TPMxMODH:TPMx
TPM1C
PULSE WIDTH
2x
PERIOD
2x
Figure 10-4. CPWM Period and Pulse Width (ELSnA = 0)
Center-aligned PWM outputs typically produce less noise than edge-aligned PWMs because fewer I/O pin
transitions are lined up at the same system clock edge. This type of PWM is also required for some types
of motor drives.
Because the HCS08 is a family of 8-bit MCUs, the settings in the timer channel registers are buffered to
ensure coherent 16-bit updates and to avoid unexpected PWM pulse widths. Writes to any of the registers,
TPMxMODH, TPMxMODL, TPMxCnVH, and TPMxCnVL, actually write to buffer registers. Values are
transferred to the corresponding timer channel registers only after both 8-bit bytes of a 16-bit register have
been written and the timer counter overflows (reverses direction from up-counting to down-counting at the
end of the terminal count in the modulus register). This TPMxCNT overflow requirement only applies to
PWM channels, not output compares.
Optionally, when TPMxCNTH:TPMxCNTL = TPMxMODH:TPMxMODL, the TPM can generate a TOF
interrupt at the end of this count. The user can choose to reload any number of the PWM buffers, and they
will all update simultaneously at the start of a new period.
Writing to TPMxSC cancels any values written to TPMxMODH and/or TPMxMODL and resets the
coherency mechanism for the modulo registers. Writing to TPMxCnSC cancels any values written to the
channel value registers and resets the coherency mechanism for TPMxCnVH:TPMxCnVL.
MC9S08GB60A Data Sheet, Rev. 2
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Freescale Semiconductor