C161U Datasheet, PDF (42/469 Pages) Infineon Technologies AG – Embedded C166 with USB, USART and SSC

C161U
Architectural Overview
SSC supports full-duplex synchronous communication at up to 18 Mbaud @ 36 MHz
CPU clock in SSC master mode and up to 9 MBaud @ 36 MHz in SSC slave mode. It
may be configured so it interfaces with serially linked peripheral components. A
dedicated baud rate generator allows to set up all standard baud rates without oscillator
tuning. For transmission, reception and error handling 3 separate interrupt vectors are
provided.
The SSC transmits or receives characters of 2...16 bits length synchronously to a shift
clock which can be generated by the SSC (master mode) or by an external master (slave
mode). The SSC can start shifting with the LSB or with the MSB and allows the selection
of shifting and latching clock edges as well as the clock polarity. A number of optional
hardware error detection capabilities has been included to increase the reliability of data
transfers. Transmit and receive error supervise the correct handling of the data buffer.
Phase and baudrate error detect incorrect serial data.
General Purpose Timer (GPT) Unit
The GPT units represent a very flexible multifunctional timer/counter structure which
may be used for many different time related tasks such as event timing and counting,
pulse width and duty cycle measurements, pulse generation, or pulse multiplication.
The five 16-bit timers are organized in two separate modules, GPT1 and GPT2. Each
timer in each module may operate independently in a number of different modes, or may
be concatenated with another timer of the same module.
Each timer can be configured individually for one of three basic modes of operation,
which are Timer, Gated Timer, and Counter Mode. In Timer Mode the input clock for a
timer is derived from the internal CPU clock divided by a programmable prescaler, while
Counter Mode allows a timer to be clocked in reference to external events (via TxIN).
Pulse width or duty cycle measurement is supported in Gated Timer Mode where the
operation of a timer is controlled by the ‘gate’ level on its external input pin TxIN.
The count direction (up/down) for each timer is programmable by software or may
additionally be altered dynamically by an external signal (TxEUD) to facilitate eg. position
tracking.
The core timers T3 and T6 have output toggle latches (TxOTL) which change their state
on each timer over-flow/underflow. The state of these latches may be output on port pins
(TxOUT) or may be used internally to concatenate the core timers with the respective
auxiliary timers resulting in 32/33-bit timers/counters for measuring long time periods
with high resolution.
Various reload or capture functions can be selected to reload timers or capture a timer’s
contents triggered by an external signal or a selectable transition of toggle latch TxOTL.
Data Sheet
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2001-04-19