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8331B–AVR–03/12
Atmel AVR XMEGA AU
15.10 Register Description
15.10.1
CTRLA – Control register A
• Bit 7:4 – Reserved
These bits are unused and reserved for future use. For compatibility with future devices, always
write these bits to zero when this register is written.
• Bit 3:0 – CLKSEL[3:0]: Clock Select
These bits select clock source for the timer/counter according to
clock select is identical for both high- and low-byte timer/counters.
15.10.2
CTRLB – Control register B
• Bit 7:0 – HCMPENx/LCMPENx: High/Low Byte Compare Enable x
Setting these bits will enable the compare output and override the port output register for the
corresponding OCn output pin.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
–
–
–
–
CLKSEL[3:0]
CTRLA
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table 15-2.
Clock Select
CLKSEL[3:0]
Group Configuration
Description
0000
OFF
None (i.e., timer/counter in OFF state)
0001
DIV1
Prescaler: Clk
PER
0010
DIV2
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/2
0011
DIV4
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/4
0100
DIV8
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/8
0101
DIV64
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/64
0110
DIV256
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/256
0111
DIV1024
Prescaler: Clk
PER
/1024
1nnn
EVCHn
Event channel n, n= [0,...,7]
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
HCMPEND
HCMPENC
HCMPENB
HCMPENA
LCMPEND
LCMPENC
LCMPENB
LCMPENA
CTRLB
Read/Write
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0