Bit Timer A - Samsung S3F84B8 User Manual

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11.1 OVERVIEW OF 8-BIT TIMER A
The 8-bit Timer A is a general-purpose timer/counter. It has three operating modes, and you can select one of the
modes using the appropriate TACON setting.
The three operating modes are:
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Interval timer mode (Toggles output at TAOUT pin)
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Capture input mode with a rising or falling edge trigger at the TACAP pin
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PWM mode (TAOUT)
Timer A comprises of the following functional components:
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Prescalar for clock frequency programmable from fx to fx/4096
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External clock input pin (TACK)
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8-bit counter (TACNT), 8-bit comparator, and 8-bit reference data register (TADATA)
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I/O pins for capture input (TACAP), PWM, or Match Output (TAOUT)
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Timer A overflow interrupt and match/capture interrupt
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Timer A control register, TACON (E1H, Set1 Bank1, read/write)

8-BIT TIMER A

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