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Chapter 4
Signal Connections
6711/6713/6715 User Manual
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Figure 4-14 shows the timing requirements for the GPCTR1_SOURCE
signal.
Figure 4-14.
GPCTR1_SOURCE Signal Timing
The maximum allowed frequency is 20 MHz, with a minimum pulse width
of 10 ns high or low. There is no minimum frequency limitation.
The 20 MHz or 100 kHz timebase normally generates the
GPCTR1_SOURCE unless you select some external source.
GPCTR1_GATE Signal
Any PFI pin can externally input the GPCTR1_GATE signal, which is
available as an output on the PFI4/GPCTR1_GATE pin.
As an input, the GPCTR1_GATE signal is configured in edge-detection
mode. You can select any PFI pin as the source for GPCTR1_GATE and
configure the polarity selection for either rising or falling edge. You can use
the gate signal in a variety of different applications to perform such actions
as starting and stopping the counter, generating interrupts, saving the
counter contents, and so on.
As an output, the GPCTR1_GATE signal monitors the actual gate signal
connected to general-purpose counter 1. This is true even if the gate is
externally generated by another PFI. This output is set to tri-state at startup.
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