11.4.3.1 Unbuffered Output Compare

Any output compare channel can generate unbuffered output compare pulses as described in 11.4.3 Output Compare. The pulses are unbuffered because changing the output compare value requires writing the new value over the old value currently in the TIM channel registers.

An unsynchronized write to the TIM channel registers to change an output compare value could cause incorrect operation for up to two counter overflow periods. For example, writing a new value before the counter reaches the old value but after the counter reaches the new value prevents any compare during that counter overflow period. Also, using a TIM overflow interrupt routine to write a new, smaller output compare value may cause the compare to be missed. The TIM may pass the new value before it is written.

Use the following methods to synchronize unbuffered changes in the output compare value on channel x:

•When changing to a smaller value, enable channel x output compare interrupts and write the new value in the output compare interrupt routine. The output compare interrupt occurs at the end of the current output compare pulse. The interrupt routine has until the end of the counter overflow period to write the new value.

•When changing to a larger output compare value, enable channel x TIM overflow interrupts and write the new value in the TIM overflow interrupt routine. The TIM overflow interrupt occurs at the end of the current counter overflow period. Writing a larger value in an output compare interrupt routine (at the end of the current pulse) could cause two output compares to occur in the same counter overflow period.

11.4.3.2Buffered Output Compare

 

Channels 0 and 1 can be linked to form a buffered output compare

 

channel whose output appears on the PTE1/TCH0 pin. The TIM channel

 

registers of the linked pair alternately control the output.

 

Setting the MS0B bit in TIM channel 0 status and control register (TSC0)

 

links channel 0 and channel 1. The output compare value in the TIM

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MC68HC08KH12 specifications

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