Chapter 30 Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT)
MPC5602P Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 4
Freescale Semiconductor
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Chapter 30
Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT)
30.1
Introduction
The Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT) block implements several timers that can be used for DMA triggering,
general purpose interrupts and system wakeup.
shows the PIT block diagram.
Figure 30-1. PIT block diagram
30.1.1
Overview
This chapter describes the function of the Periodic Interrupt Timer block (PIT). The PIT is an array of four
timers that can be used to raise interrupts and trigger DMA channels.
30.1.2
Features
The main features of this block are:
Timer 0
Timer 3
Timer 1
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PIT
Registers
Peripheral
interrupts
timeout
load_value
PIT
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triggers
bus
System clock