
Timer_A Registers
11.3.1 TAxCTL Register
Timer_Ax Control Register
Figure 11-16. TAxCTL Register
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
Reserved
TASSEL
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
ID
MC
Reserved
TACLR
TAIE
TAIFG
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
w-(0)
rw-(0)
rw-(0)
Table 11-4. TAxCTL Register Description
Bit
Field
Type
Reset
Description
15-10
Reserved
RW
0h
Reserved
9-8
TASSEL
RW
0h
Timer_A clock source select
00b = TAxCLK
01b = ACLK
10b = SMCLK
11b = INCLK
7-6
ID
RW
0h
Input divider. These bits along with the TAIDEX bits select the divider for the
input clock.
00b = /1
01b = /2
10b = /4
11b = /8
5-4
MC
RW
0h
Mode control. Setting MCx = 00h when Timer_A is not in use conserves power.
00b = Stop mode: Timer is halted
01b = Up mode: Timer counts up to
10b = Continuous mode: Timer counts up to 0FFFFh
11b = Up/down mode: Timer counts up to
then down to 0000h
3
Reserved
RW
0h
Reserved
2
TACLR
RW
0h
Timer_A clear. Setting this bit resets
, the timer clock divider logic, and the
count direction. The TACLR bit is automatically reset and is always read as zero.
1
TAIE
RW
0h
Timer_A interrupt enable. This bit enables the TAIFG interrupt request.
0b = Interrupt disabled
1b = Interrupt enabled
0
TAIFG
RW
0h
Timer_A interrupt flag
0b = No interrupt pending
1b = Interrupt pending
350
Timer_A
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