PIC16F628-20P Datasheet, PDF (50/170 Pages) Microchip Technology – FLASH-Based 8-Bit CMOS Microcontroller

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7.3 Timer1 Operation in
Asynchronous Counter Mode
If control bit T1SYNC (T1CON<2>) is set, the external
clock input is not synchronized. The timer continues to
increment asynchronous to the internal phase clocks.
The timer will continue to run during SLEEP and can
generate an interrupt on overflow which will wake-up
the processor. However, special precautions in soft-
ware are needed to read/write the timer (Section 7.3.2).
In Asynchronous Counter mode, Timer1 can not be
used as a time-base for capture or compare
operations.
7.3.1
EXTERNAL CLOCK INPUT TIMING
WITH UNSYNCHRONIZED CLOCK
If control bit T1SYNC is set, the timer will increment
completely asynchronously. The input clock must meet
certain minimum high-time and low-time requirements.
Refer to the appropriate Electrical Specifications
section, Timing Parameters 45, 46, and 47.
7.3.2
READING AND WRITING TIMER1 IN
ASYNCHRONOUS COUNTER
MODE
Reading TMR1H or TMR1L while the timer is running,
from an external asynchronous clock, will ensure a
valid read (taken care of in hardware). However, the
user should keep in mind that reading the 16-bit timer
in two 8-bit values itself poses certain problems since
the timer may overflow between the reads.
For writes, it is recommended that the user simply stop
the timer and write the desired values. A write
contention may occur by writing to the timer registers
while the register is incrementing. This may produce an
unpredictable value in the timer register.
Reading the 16-bit value requires some care.
Example 7-1 is an example routine to read the 16-bit
timer value. This is useful if the timer cannot be
stopped.
EXAMPLE 7-1:
READING A 16-BIT FREE-
RUNNING TIMER
; All interrupts are disabled
MOVF TMR1H, W ;Read high byte
MOVWF TMPH
;
MOVF TMR1L, W ;Read low byte
MOVWF TMPL
;
MOVF TMR1H, W ;Read high byte
SUBWF TMPH, W ;Sub 1st read
; with 2nd read
BTFSC STATUS,Z ;Is result = 0
GOTO CONTINUE ;Good 16-bit read
;
; TMR1L may have rolled over between the read
; of the high and low bytes. Reading the high
; and low bytes now will read a good value.
;
MOVF TMR1H, W ;Read high byte
MOVWF TMPH
;
MOVF TMR1L, W ;Read low byte
MOVWF TMPL
;
; Re-enable the Interrupts (if required)
CONTINUE
;Continue with your code
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