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Timer/Counter TOP value, i.e. the clear on compare match value. The Timer/Counter1 High
Byte Register (TC1H) is a 2-bit register that is used as a common temporary buffer to access the
MSB bits of the Timer/Counter1 registers, if the 10-bit accuracy is used.
Interrupt request (overflow TOV1, and compare matches OCF1A, OCF1B, OCF1D and fault pro-
tection FPF1) signals are visible in the Timer Interrupt Flag Register (TIFR) and Timer/Counter1
Control Register D (TCCR1D). The interrupts are individually masked with the Timer Interrupt
Mask Register (TIMSK) and the FPIE1 bit in the Timer/Counter1 Control Register D (TCCR1D).
Control signals are found in the Timer/Counter Control Registers TCCR1A, TCCR1B, TCCR1C,
TCCR1D and TCCR1E.
16.2.4 Synchronization
In asynchronous clocking mode the Timer/Counter1 and the prescaler allow running the CPU
from any clock source while the prescaler is operating on the fast peripheral clock (PCK) having
frequency of 64 MHz (or 32 MHz in Low Speed Mode). This is possible because there is a syn-
chronization boundary between the CPU clock domain and the fast peripheral clock domain.
Figure 16-2 shows Timer/Counter 1 synchronization register block diagram and describes syn-
chronization delays in between registers. Note that all clock gating details are not shown in the
figure.
The Timer/Counter1 register values go through the internal synchronization registers, which
cause the input synchronization delay, before affecting the counter operation. The registers
TCCR1A, TCCR1B, TCCR1C, TCCR1D, OCR1A, OCR1B, OCR1C and OCR1D can be read
back right after writing the register. The read back values are delayed for the Timer/Counter1
(TCNT1) register, Timer/Counter1 High Byte Register (TC1H) and flags (OCF1A, OCF1B,
OCF1D and TOV1), because of the input and output synchronization.
The system clock frequency must be lower than half of the PCK frequency, because the syn-
chronization mechanism of the asynchronous Timer/Counter1 needs at least two edges of the
PCK when the system clock is high. If the frequency of the system clock is too high, it is a risk
that data or control values are lost.