S3C80A5B
COUNTER A
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COUNTER A
OVERVIEW
The S3C80A5B microcontroller has an 8-bit counter called counter A. Counter A, which can be used to generate the
carrier frequency, has the following components (see Figure 12-1):
— Counter A control register, CACON
— 8-bit down counter with auto-reload function
— Two 8-bit reference data registers, CADATAH and CADATAL
Counter A has two functions:
— As a normal interval timer, generating a counter A interrupt (IRQ4, vector ECH) at programmed time intervals.
— To supply a clock source to the 16-bit timer/counter module, timer 1, for generating the timer 1 overflow interrupt.