COP8ACC5 Datasheet, PDF (15/41 Pages) National Semiconductor (TI) – 8-Bit CMOS ROM Based Microcontrollers with 4k Memory and High Resolution A/D

Timers (Continued)
(ON time and OFF time). Once begun, the timer block will
continuously generate the PWM signal completely indepen-
dent of the microcontroller. The user software services the
timer block only when the PWM parameters require updat-
ing.
In this mode the timer T1 counts down at a fixed rate of t_C.
Upon every underflow the timer is alternately reloaded with
the contents of supporting registers, R1A and R1B. The very
first underflow of the timer causes the timer to reload from
the register R1A. Subsequent underflows cause the timer to
be reloaded from the registers alternately beginning with the
register R1B.
The T1 Timer control bits, T1C3, T1C2 and T1C1 set up the
timer for PWM mode operation.
Figure 9 shows a block diagram of the timer in PWM mode.
The underflows can be programmed to toggle the T1A output
pin. The underflows can also be programmed to generate in-
terrupts.
Underflows from the timer are alternately latched into two
pending flags, T1PNDA and T1PNDB. The user must reset
these pending flags under software control. Two control en-
able flags, T1ENA and T1ENB, allow the interrupts from the
timer underflow to be enabled or disabled. Setting the timer
enable flag T1ENA will cause an interrupt when a timer un-
derflow causes the R1A register to be reloaded into the
timer. Setting the timer enable flag T1ENB will cause an in-
terrupt when a timer underflow causes the R1B register to be
reloaded into the timer. Resetting the timer enable flags will
disable the associated interrupts.
Either or both of the timer underflow interrupts may be en-
abled. This gives the user the flexibility of interrupting once
per PWM period on either the rising or falling edge of the
PWM output. Alternatively, the user may choose to interrupt
on both edges of the PWM output.
Mode 2. External Event Counter Mode
This mode is quite similar to the processor independent
PWM mode previously described. The main difference is that
the timer, T1, is clocked by the input signal from the T1A pin.
The T1 timer control bits, T1C3, T1C2 and T1C1 allow the
timer to be clocked either on a positive or negative edge from
the T1A pin. Underflows from the timer are latched into the
T1PNDA pending flag. Setting the T1ENA control flag will
cause an interrupt when the timer underflows.
In this mode the input pin T1B can be used as an indepen-
dent positive edge sensitive interrupt input if the T1ENB con-
trol flag is set. The occurrence of a positive edge on the T1B
input pin is latched into the T1PNDB flag.
Figure 10 shows a block diagram of the timer in External
Event Counter mode.
Note: The PWM output is not available in this mode since the T1A pin is be-
ing used as the counter input clock.
Mode 3. Input Capture Mode
The device can precisely measure external frequencies or
time external events by placing the timer block, T1, in the in-
put capture mode.
In this mode, the timer T1 is constantly running at the fixed t_C
rate. The two registers, R1A and R1B, act as capture regis-
ters. Each register acts in conjunction with a pin. The register
R1A acts in conjunction with the T1A pin and the register
R1B acts in conjunction with the T1B pin.
The timer value gets copied over into the register when a
trigger event occurs on its corresponding pin. Control bits,
T1C3, T1C2 and T1C1, allow the trigger events to be speci-
fied either as a positive or a negative edge. The trigger con-
dition for each input pin can be specified independently.
FIGURE 9. Timer in PWM Mode
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The trigger conditions can also be programmed to generate
interrupts. The occurrence of the specified trigger condition
on the T1A and T1B pins will be respectively latched into the
pending flags, T1PNDA and T1PNDB. The control flag
T1ENA allows the interrupt on T1A to be either enabled or
disabled. Setting the T1ENA flag enables interrupts to be
generated when the selected trigger condition occurs on the
T1A pin. Similarly, the flag T1ENB controls the interrupts
from the T1B pin.
Underflows from the timer can also be programmed to gen-
erate interrupts. Underflows are latched into the timer T1C0
pending flag (the T1C0 control bit serves as the timer under-
flow interrupt pending flag in the Input Capture mode). Con-
sequently, the T1C0 control bit should be reset when enter-
ing the Input Capture mode. The timer underflow interrupt is
enabled with the T1ENA control flag. When a T1A interrupt
occurs in the Input Capture mode, the user must check both
the T1PNDA and T1C0 pending flags in order to determine
whether a T1A input capture or a timer underflow (or both)
caused the interrupt.
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FIGURE 10. Timer in External Event Counter Mode
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