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Timer Interface Module A (TIMA)
PTF2 pin. Writing to the TIMA channel 5 registers enables the TIMA channel 5 registers to synchronously
control the output after the TIMA overflows. At each subsequent overflow, the TIMA channel registers (4
or 5) that control the output are the ones written to last. TASC4 controls and monitors the buffered output
compare function and TIMA channel 5 status and control register (TASC5) is unused. While the MS4B bit
is set, the channel 5 pin, PTF3, 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.
25.3.4 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
By using the toggle-on-overflow feature with an output compare channel, the TIMA can generate a PWM
signal. The value in the TIMA counter modulo registers determines the period of the PWM signal. The
channel pin toggles when the counter reaches the value in the TIMA counter modulo registers. The time
between overflows is the period of the PWM signal.
As Figure 25-3 shows, the output compare value in the TIMA channel registers determines the pulse width
of the PWM signal. The time between overflow and output compare is the pulse width. Program the TIMA
to clear the channel pin on output compare if the polarity of the PWM pulse is 1. Program the TIMA to set
the pin if the polarity of the PWM pulse is 0.
OVERFLOW
OVERFLOW
OVERFLOW
PERIOD
PTEx/TCHx
PULSE
WIDTH
OUTPUT
COMPARE
OUTPUT
COMPARE
Figure 25-3. PWM Period and Pulse Width
OUTPUT
COMPARE
The value in the TIMA 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 TIMA counter modulo registers produces a PWM period of 256 times the internal bus
clock period if the prescaler select value is $000 (see 25.8.1 TIMA Status and Control Register).
The value in the TIMA 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 TIMA channel registers
produces a duty cycle of 128/256 or 50%.
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