Maxim Integrated DS4830A Optical Microcontroller - Manual (Page 145)

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16.2 – Timer Register Descriptions
Each General Timer module has three independent SFR registers. These are GTCN, GTV and GTC. The General
Timer Control Register GTCN controls the timer operation. The General Timer Value Register GTV is the Timer
Value register and is incremented every timer clock when enabled. The General Timer Compare Register GTCx is
used in the timer compare mode only. Timer 1 and 2 SFRs are located in module 0 and 3 respectively.
16.2.1 – General Timer Control Register (GTCN)
Bit 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Name - - - GTR MODE CLK_SEL[1:0] GTIE - - - GTIF - GTPS[2:0]
Reset* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Access r r r rw rw rw rw rw r r r rw r rw rw rw
*These are default power on reset value.
BIT
NAME DESCRIPTION
15:13 Reserved Reserved. The user should write 0 to these bits.
12 GTR Timer Run Control. Setting this bit to ‘1’ will enable the timer. Clearing this bit to ‘0’ will
stop the timer and clear the GTV register.
11 MODE Timer Mode Select. This bit selects the timer mode. When this bit is ‘0’, free
synchronous mode is selected. In this mode, the GTV register starts counting from
0x0000. When the GTV register reaches 0xFFFF, GTIF is set to ‘1’ and the GTV register
reloads to 0x0000 at the next timer clock. When the MODE bit is set to ‘1’, compare
mode is selected. In this mode, the GTV register starts counting from 0x0000. When the
GTV register matches the value in the GTC register, GTIF is set to ‘1’ and the GTV
register reloads to 0x0000 at the next timer clock.
Note: In the compare mode, the GTC register value should be set prior to write to the
‘MODE’ bit.
10:9 CLK_SEL[1:0] Timer Clock Select. These bits select the timer clock source.
CLK_SEL Clock Source
0X Core Clock
10 Peripheral Clock
11 External Clock*
*The external clock range is 20MHz to 133MHz.
8 GTIE Timer Interrupt Enable. Setting the GTIE bit to ‘1’ causes an interrupt to be generated
to the CPU when GTIF=1. Clearing this bit to ‘0’ will not cause an interrupt when
GTIF=1.
7:5 Reserved Reserved. The user should write 0 to these bits.
4 GTIF Timer Matched Interrupt Flag. This bit is set to ‘1’ when
1. In free synchronous mode, the GTV register value reaches 0xFFFF.
2. In compare mode, the GTV register value matches the value in the GTC register.
This flag generates an interrupt if the GTIE bit is enabled. This bit is cleared in software
by writing ‘0’.
3 Reserved Reserved. The user should write 0 to these bits.
2:0 GTPS[2:0] Timer Prescaler Select. These bits configure the prescaler from the timer clock input to
the timer.
Prescaler bits Timer input clock
000 Timer Clock
001 Timer Clock/4
010 Timer Clock/16
011 Timer Clock/64
100 Timer Clock/256
101 Timer Clock/1024
11X Timer Clock