MC68HC08AB16A Datasheet, PDF (167/380 Pages) Motorola, Inc – HCMOS Microcontroller Unit

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Timer Interface Module A (TIMA)
Functional Description
11.5.3 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.
11.5.3.1 Unbuffered Output Compare
Any output compare channel can generate unbuffered output compare
pulses as described in 11.5.3 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 the following 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.
MC68HC08AB16A — Rev. 2.0
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Timer Interface Module A (TIMA)
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