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Advanced-control timers (TIM1)
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20 Advanced-control
timers
(TIM1)
20.1 TIM1
introduction
The advanced-control timer (TIM1) consists of a 16-bit auto-reload counter driven by a
programmable prescaler.
It may be used for a variety of purposes, including measuring the pulse lengths of input
signals (input capture) or generating output waveforms (output compare, PWM,
complementary PWM with dead-time insertion).
Pulse lengths and waveform periods can be modulated from a few microseconds to several
milliseconds using the timer prescaler and the RCC clock controller prescalers.
The advanced-control (TIM1) and general-purpose (TIMx) timers are completely
independent, and do not share any resources. They can be synchronized together as
described in
Section 20.3.25: Timer synchronization
20.2
TIM1 main features
TIM1 timer features include:
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16-bit up, down, up/down auto-reload counter.
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16-bit programmable prescaler allowing dividing (also “on the fly”) the counter clock
frequency either by any factor between 1 and 65536.
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Up to 6 independent channels for:
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Input Capture (but channels 5 and 6)
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Output Compare
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PWM generation (Edge and Center-aligned Mode)
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One-pulse mode output
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Complementary outputs with programmable dead-time
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Synchronization circuit to control the timer with external signals and to interconnect
several timers together.
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Repetition counter to update the timer registers only after a given number of cycles of
the counter.
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2 break inputs to put the timer’s output signals in a safe user selectable configuration.
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Interrupt/DMA generation on the following events:
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Update: counter overflow/underflow, counter initialization (by software or
internal/external trigger)
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Trigger event (counter start, stop, initialization or count by internal/external trigger)
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Input capture
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Output compare
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Supports incremental (quadrature) encoder and Hall-sensor circuitry for positioning
purposes
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Trigger input for external clock or cycle-by-cycle current management