Timer Interface B (TIMB)

17.3.3.2 Buffered Output Compare

Channels 0 and 1 can be linked to form a buffered output compare channel whose output appears on the PTE1/TCH0B pin. The TIMB channel registers of the linked pair alternately control the output.

Setting the MS0B bit in TIMB channel 0 status and control register (TBSC0) links channel 0 and channel

1.The output compare value in the TIMB channel 0 registers initially controls the output on the PTE1/TCH0B pin. Writing to the TIMB channel 1 registers enables the TIMB channel 1 registers to synchronously control the output after the TIMB overflows. At each subsequent overflow, the TIMB channel registers (0 or 1) that control the output are the ones written to last. TSC0 controls and monitors the buffered output compare function, and TIMB channel 1 status and control register (TBSC1) is unused. While the MS0B bit is set, the channel 1 pin, PTE2/TCH1B, is available as a general-purpose I/O pin.

NOTE

In buffered output compare operation, do not write new output compare values to the currently active channel registers. User software should track the currently active channel to prevent writing a new value to the active channel. Writing to the active channel registers is the same as generating unbuffered output compares.

17.3.4 Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)

By using the toggle-on-overflow feature with an output compare channel, the TIMB can generate a PWM signal. The value in the TIMB counter modulo registers determines the period of the PWM signal. The channel pin toggles when the counter reaches the value in the TIMB counter modulo registers. The time between overflows is the period of the PWM signal.

As Figure 17-4shows, the output compare value in the TIMB channel registers determines the pulse width of the PWM signal. The time between overflow and output compare is the pulse width. Program the TIMB to clear the channel pin on output compare if the polarity of the PWM pulse is 1 (ELSxA = 0). Program the TIMB to set the pin if the polarity of the PWM pulse is 0 (ELSxA = 1).

 

OVERFLOW

OVERFLOW

 

 

PERIOD

POLARITY = 1

TCHx

 

(ELSxA = 0)

 

 

 

 

 

PULSE

 

 

WIDTH

POLARITY = 0

TCHx

 

(ELSxA = 1)

 

 

 

OUTPUT

 

 

COMPARE

OVERFLOW

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

COMPARE

COMPARE

Figure 17-4. PWM Period and Pulse Width

The value in the TIMB counter modulo registers and the selected prescaler output determines the frequency of the PWM output. The frequency of an 8-bit PWM signal is variable in 256 increments. Writing $00FF (255) to the TIMB counter modulo registers produces a PWM period of 256 times the internal bus clock period if the prescaler select value is $000 (see 17.7.1 TIMB Status and Control Register).

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MC68HC908MR16, MC68HC908MR32 specifications

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