S3F80JB

BASIC TIMER and TIMER 0

 

 

Pulse Width Modulation Mode

Pulse width modulation (PWM) mode lets you program the width (duration) of the pulse that is output at the T0PWM pin. As in interval timer mode, a match signal is generated when the counter value is identical to the value written to the timer 0 data register. In PWM mode, however, the match signal does not clear the counter. Instead, it runs continuously, overflowing at ‘FFH’, and then continues incrementing from ‘00H’.

Although you can use the match signal to generate a timer 0 overflow interrupt, interrupts are not typically used in PWM-type applications. Instead, the pulse at the T0PWM pin is held to low level as long as the reference data value is less than or equal to ( ) the counter value and then the pulse is held to high level for as long as the data value is greater than ( > ) the counter value. One pulse width is equal to tCLK 256 (See Figure 10-5).

CLK

IRQ0

(T0INT)

(T0PNT.0) Pending

Interrupt Enable/Disable (T0CON.1)

 

 

 

overflow

8-bit Counter

 

 

(T0CNT)

 

 

 

clear

 

 

 

 

Match

 

 

 

 

8-bit Comparator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffer Register

Timer0 Data Register

(T0DATA)

Interrupt Enable/Disable (T0CON.2)

Pending

 

 

IRQ0 (T0OVF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(T0PNT.0)

CTL P3.0/T0PWM

High level when data > counter Low level when data < counter

T0CON.5

T0CON.4

Match Signal

T0CON.3

T0OVF

Figure 10-5. Simplified Timer 0 Function Diagram: PWM Mode

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Samsung S3F80JB manual Pulse Width Modulation Mode, Simplified Timer 0 Function Diagram PWM Mode