Rainbow Electronics Atmega169L - Manual (Page 141)

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ATmega169V/L
2514A–AVR–08/02
Timer/Counter Prescaler Figure 63. Prescaler for Timer/Counter2
The clock source for Timer/Counter2 is named clk
T2S
. clk
T2S
is by default connected to
the main system I/O clock clk
I O
. By setting the AS2 bit in ASSR, Timer/Counter2 is asyn-
chronously clocked from the TOSC1 pin. This enables use of Timer/Counter2 as a Real
Time Counter (RTC). When AS2 is set, pins TOSC1 and TOSC2 are disconnected from
Port C. A crystal can then be connected between the TOSC1 and TOSC2 pins to serve
as an independent clock source for Timer/Counter2. The Oscillator is optimized for use
with a 32.768 kHz crystal. Applying an external clock source to TOSC1 is not
recommended.
For Timer/Counter2, the possible prescaled selections are: clk
T2S
/8, clk
T2S
/32, clk
T2S
/64,
clk
T2S
/128, clk
T2S
/256, and clk
T2S
/1024. Additionally, clk
T2S
as well as 0 (stop) may be
selected. Setting the PSR2 bit in GTCCR resets the prescaler. This allows the user to
operate with a predictable prescaler.
General Timer/Counter
Control Register – GTCCR
• Bit 1 – PSR2: Prescaler Reset Timer/Counter2
When this bit is one, the Timer/Counter2 prescaler will be reset. This bit is normally
cleared immediately by hardware. If the bit is written when Timer/Counter2 is operating
in asynchronous mode, the bit will remain one until the prescaler has been reset. The bit
will not be cleared by hardware if the TSM bit is set. Refer to the description of the “Bit 7
– TSM: Timer/Counter Synchronization Mode” on page 93 for a description of the
Timer/Counter Synchronization mode.
10-BIT T/C PRESCALER
TIMER/COUNTER2 CLOCK SOURCE
clk
I/O clk
T2S
TOSC1
AS2
CS20
CS21
CS22
clk
T2S
/8
clk
T2S
/64
clk
T2S
/128
clk
T2S
/1024
clk
T2S
/256
clk
T2S
/32
0
PSR2
Clear
clk
T2
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
TSM – – – – – PSR2 PSR10 GTCCR
Read/Write R/W R R R R R R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0