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Asynchronous operation of the timer/counter, Asynchronous status register – assr, Atmega162/v – Rainbow Electronics ATmega162V User Manual

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ATmega162/V

2513E–AVR–09/03

Asynchronous operation
of the Timer/Counter

Asynchronous Status
Register – ASSR

• Bit 3 – AS2: Asynchronous Timer/Counter2

When AS2 is written to zero, Timer/Counter2 is clocked from the I/O clock, clk

I/O

. When

AS2 is written to one, Timer/Counter2 is clocked from a crystal Oscillator connected to
the Timer Oscillator 1 (TOSC1) pin. When the value of AS2 is changed, the contents of
TCNT2, OCR2, and TCCR2 might be corrupted.

• Bit 2 – TCN2UB: Timer/Counter2 Update Busy

When Timer/Counter2 operates asynchronously and TCNT2 is written, this bit becomes
set. When TCNT2 has been updated from the temporary storage register, this bit is
cleared by hardware. A logical zero in this bit indicates that TCNT2 is ready to be
updated with a new value.

• Bit 1 – OCR2UB: Output Compare Register2 Update Busy

When Timer/Counter2 operates asynchronously and OCR2 is written, this bit becomes
set. When OCR2 has been updated from the temporary storage register, this bit is
cleared by hardware. A logical zero in this bit indicates that OCR2 is ready to be
updated with a new value.

• Bit 0 – TCR2UB: Timer/Counter Control Register2 Update Busy

When Timer/Counter2 operates asynchronously and TCCR2 is written, this bit becomes
set. When TCCR2 has been updated from the temporary storage register, this bit is
cleared by hardware. A logical zero in this bit indicates that TCCR2 is ready to be
updated with a new value.

If a write is performed to any of the three Timer/Counter2 Registers while its update
Busy Flag is set, the updated value might get corrupted and cause an unintentional
interrupt to occur.

The mechanisms for reading TCNT2, OCR2, and TCCR2 are different. When reading
TCNT2, the actual timer value is read. When reading OCR2 or TCCR2, the value in the
temporary storage register is read.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

AS2

TCN2UB

OCR2UB

TCR2UB

ASSR

Read/Write

R

R

R

R

R/W

R

R

R

Initial Value

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0