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Timer Interface (TIM-6)
both input captures and output compares are referenced to the same 16-bit modulo counter, the delay
can be controlled to the resolution of the counter independent of software latencies.
Reset does not affect the contents of the input capture channel register (TACHxH–TACHxL).
25.3.3 Output Compare
With the output compare function, the TIMA can generate a periodic pulse with a programmable polarity,
duration, and frequency. When the counter reaches the value in the registers of an output compare
channel, the TIMA can set, clear, or toggle the channel pin. Output compares can generate TIMA CPU
interrupt requests.
25.3.3.1 Unbuffered Output Compare
Any output compare channel can generate unbuffered output compare pulses as described in
25.3.3 Output Compare. The pulses are unbuffered because changing the output compare value requires
writing the new value over the old value currently in the TIMA channel registers.
An unsynchronized write to the TIMA channel registers to change an output compare value could cause
incorrect operation for up to two counter overflow periods. For example, writing a new value before the
counter reaches the old value but after the counter reaches the new value prevents any compare during
that counter overflow period. Also, using a TIMA overflow interrupt routine to write a new, smaller output
compare value may cause the compare to be missed. The TIMA may pass the new value before it is
written.
Use these methods to synchronize unbuffered changes in the output compare value on channel x:
• When changing to a smaller value, enable channel x output compare interrupts and write the new
value in the output compare interrupt routine. The output compare interrupt occurs at the end of
the current output compare pulse. The interrupt routine has until the end of the counter overflow
period to write the new value.
• When changing to a larger output compare value, enable channel x TIMA overflow interrupts and
write the new value in the TIMA overflow interrupt routine. The TIMA overflow interrupt occurs at
the end of the current counter overflow period. Writing a larger value in an output compare interrupt
routine (at the end of the current pulse) could cause two output compares to occur in the same
counter overflow period.
25.3.3.2 Buffered Output Compare
Channels 0 and 1 can be linked to form a buffered output compare channel whose output appears on the
PTE2/TACH0 pin. The TIMA channel registers of the linked pair alternately control the output.
Setting the MS0B bit in TIMA channel 0 status and control register (TASC0) links channel 0 and channel
1. The output compare value in the TIMA channel 0 registers initially controls the output on the
PTE2/TACH0 pin. Writing to the TIMA channel 1 registers enables the TIMA channel 1 registers to
synchronously control the output after the TIMA overflows. At each subsequent overflow, the TIMA
channel registers (0 or 1) that control the output are the ones written to last. TASC0 controls and monitors
the buffered output compare function, and TIMA channel 1 status and control register (TASC1) is unused.
While the MS0B bit is set, the channel 1 pin, PTE3/TACH1, is available as a general-purpose I/O pin.
Channels 2 and 3 can be linked to form a buffered output compare channel whose output appears on the
PTF0/TACH2 pin. The TIMA channel registers of the linked pair alternately control the output.
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