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UM10310
P89LPC9321 User manual
7.1 Mode 0
Putting either Timer into Mode 0 makes it look like an 8048 Timer, which is an 8-bit
Counter with a divide-by-32 prescaler.
shows Mode 0 operation.
In this mode, the Timer register is configured as a 13-bit register. As the count rolls over
from all 1s to all 0s, it sets the Timer interrupt flag TFn. The count input is enabled to the
Timer when TRn = 1 and either TnGATE = 0 or INTn = 1. (Setting TnGATE = 1 allows the
Timer to be controlled by external input INTn, to facilitate pulse width measurements).
TRn is a control bit in the Special Function Register TCON (
). The TnGATE bit is
in the TMOD register.
The 13-bit register consists of all 8 bits of THn and the lower 5 bits of TLn. The upper 3
bits of TLn are indeterminate and should be ignored. Setting the run flag (TRn) does not
clear the registers.
Mode 0 operation is the same for Timer 0 and Timer 1. See
. There are two
different GATE bits, one for Timer 1 (TMOD.7) and one for Timer 0 (TMOD.3).
7.2 Mode 1
Mode 1 is the same as Mode 0, except that all 16 bits of the timer register (THn and TLn)
are used. See
Table 26.
Timer/Counter Auxiliary Mode register (TAMOD - address 8Fh) bit allocation
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Symbol
--
-
-
T1M2
-
-
-
T0M2
Reset
x
x
x
0
x
x
x
0
Table 27.
Timer/Counter Auxiliary Mode register (TAMOD - address 8Fh) bit description
Bit Symbol
Description
0
T0M2
Mode Select for Timer 0. These bits are used with the T0M2 bit in the TAMOD register to determine the
Timer 0 mode (see
1:3 - reserved
4
T1M2
Mode Select for Timer 1. These bits are used with the T1M2 bit in the TAMOD register to determine the
Timer 1 mode (see
The following timer modes are selected by timer mode bits TnM[2:0]:
000 —
8048 Timer ‘TLn’ serves as 5-bit prescaler. (Mode 0)
001 —
16-bit Timer/Counter ‘THn’ and ‘TLn’ are cascaded; there is no prescaler.(Mode 1)
010 —
8-bit auto-reload Timer/Counter. THn holds a value which is loaded into TLn when it overflows.
(Mode 2)
011 —
Timer 0 is a dual 8-bit Timer/Counter in this mode. TL0 is an 8-bit Timer/Counter controlled by the
standard Timer 0 control bits. TH0 is an 8-bit timer only, controlled by the Timer 1 control bits (see text).
Timer 1 in this mode is stopped. (Mode 3)
100 —
Reserved. User must not configure to this mode.
101 —
Reserved. User must not configure to this mode.
110 —
PWM mode (see
111 —
Reserved. User must not configure to this mode.
5:7 -
reserved