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MC2 Chip

32-bit Prescaler Count Register

The prescaler register is used to clock timing functions in the MC2 chip. The lower 8 bits of the prescaler is programmed to generate an output with a one microsecond period. Refer to the section on the LSB Prescaler Count Register under Programming the Tick Timers in this chapter. The upper 24 bits are used to clock the local bus access timer and watchdog timer. To facilitate testing, the upper 24 bits can be written to. Writes to this register must be 32 bits.

ADR/SIZ

$FFF4204C (32 bits)

 

 

 

 

BIT

31 . . . 8

7-0

 

 

 

NAME

MSB

LSB

 

 

 

OPER

R/W

R

 

 

 

RESET

0 P

 

 

 

 

LSB7-0The least significant bits of the 32-bit prescaler. These bits are read only. They are duplicated in the memory map in the MC2 chip at $FFF42014.

MSB31-8The most significant bits of the prescaler.

Note that for the "No VMEbus Interface" option, the 32- bit Prescaler Count Register is located at $FFF40064 in addition to $FFF4204C. This means that this register is located at the same address ($FFF40064) on an MVME172 with the VMEchip2 as well as an MVME172 without the VMEchip2. This feature is provided for those applications which require a Prescaler Count Register to run on all MVME172 versions.

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Motorola MVME172 manual Bit Prescaler Count Register