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18
Timers
v1.0 2002-04-23
18.1
General
There are two 32-bit timers that can be initialized and enabled independently of each
other. If enabled, a timer initializes to its start value, written by a processor, and starts
decrementing every clock cycle. When the value goes past zero, an interrupt is sent, and
the timer initializes to the value in its start value register, and continues downcounting.
A timer stays in that loop as long as it is enabled.
A timer has a 32-bit timer register for down counting and a 32-bit TIMER1_LH register
for holding the timer start value written by the processor. Timers have also a 2-bit
TIMER_ENA register. Each timer is enabled (1) or disabled (0) by a corresponding
bit of the enable register.
18.2
Registers
Timer registers, prefix TIMER_
Reg
Type
Reset
Abbrev
Description
0xC030
r/w
0
CONFIG[7:0]
Timer configuration
0xC031
r/w
0
ENABLE[1:0]
Timer enable
0xC034
r/w
0
T0L
Timer0 startvalue - LSBs
0xC035
r/w
0
T0H
Timer0 startvalue - MSBs
0xC036
r/w
0
T0CNTL
Timer0 counter - LSBs
0xC037
r/w
0
T0CNTH
Timer0 counter - MSBs
0xC038
r/w
0
T1L
Timer1 startvalue - LSBs
0xC039
r/w
0
T1H
Timer1 startvalue - MSBs
0xC03A
r/w
0
T1CNTL
Timer1 counter - LSBs
0xC03B
r/w
0
T1CNTH
Timer1 counter - MSBs
18.2.1
Configuration TIMER_CONFIG
TIMER_CONFIG Bits
Name
Bits
Description
TIMER_CF_CLKDIV
7:0
Master clock divider
TIMER_CF_CLKDIV is the master clock divider for all timer clocks. The generated
internal clock frequency
f
i
=
f
m
c
+1
, where
f
m
is the master clock frequency and
c
is
TIMER_CF_CLKDIV. Example: With a 12 MHz master clock, TIMER_CF_DIV=3 di-
vides the master clock by 4, and the output/sampling clock would thus be
f
i
=
12
M Hz
3+1
=
3
M Hz
.
Rev. 0.20
2011-10-04
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