MC68HC08AS32 Datasheet, PDF (211/394 Pages) Motorola, Inc – M68HC08 Family of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs)

Timer Interface (TIM)
Functional Description
16.4.3 Output Compare
With the output compare function, the TIM 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 TIM can set, clear, or toggle the channel pin. Output compares can
generate TIM CPU interrupt requests.
16.4.3.1 Unbuffered Output Compare
Any output compare channel can generate unbuffered output compare
pulses as described in 16.4.3 Output Compare. The pulses are
unbuffered because changing the output compare value requires writing
the new value over the old value currently in the TIM channel registers.
An unsynchronized write to the TIM 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 TIM overflow interrupt routine to write a new, smaller output
compare value may cause the compare to be missed. The TIM 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 TIM overflow interrupts and write the new value in the
TIM overflow interrupt routine. The TIM 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.
MC68HC08AS32 — Rev. 3.0
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