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Period input, Usage, Example – Echelon I/O Model Reference for Smart Transceivers and Neuron Chips User Manual

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For an application running on a Series 5000 device, you can specify an

increased resolution for the timer base clock frequency by calling the
io_set_clock() function with a clock value in the range 0..15 (using one of the

TCCLK_* macros defined in ). This function overrides the

resolution value specified for clock() within the I/O object declaration.

See Appendix A,

Timer/Counter Periods and Resolution

, on page 187, for a

description of the timer resolution and maximum range for each specification
of the clock() value or each value of the TCCLK_* macros. See the

Neuron C

Reference Guide

for information about the io_set_clock() function.

io-object-name

A user-specified name for the I/O object, in the ANSI C format for variable

identifiers.

Usage

unsigned long

input-value

;

input-value

= io_in(

io-object-name

);

Example

IO_4 input ontime ded clock(7) ioGateTime;
unsigned long pulseDuration;

when (io_update_occurs(ioGateTime)) {
pulseDuration = input_value;
// measures up to 1.677 seconds
}

Period Input

For Series 3100 devices, the period I/O model measures the total period, from

edge to edge, of an input signal in units of the clock period, calculated as follows:

period (ns) = (

return-value

+n) * 2000 * 2^(clock) / input_clock (MHz)

where clock ranges from 0..7, and n = 1 for clock(0) or n = 0 otherwise. Also, the

value

return-value

is equivalent to the

input-value

shown in

Usage

on page 145.

For Series 5000 devices, the period I/O model measures the total period, from
edge to edge, of an input signal in units of the clock period, calculated as follows:

period (ns) = (

return-value

+n) * 2000 * 2^(value) / 10 MHz

where value ranges from 0..15, and n = 1 for clock(0) or n = 0 otherwise. Also, the
value

return-value

is equivalent to the

input-value

shown in

Usage

on page 145.

You can use this model to implement digital-to-analog (D/A) converters,

frequency counters, or tachometers.

This model applies to Series 3100 Neuron Chips and Smart Transceivers, and to

Series 5000 Neuron Processors and Smart Transceivers.