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AVR 8515 Timer Programming

Timers in microcontrollers like the ATmega8515 are used for accurate timing of events and time-based operations. The ATmega8515 has two timers, Timer 0 and Timer 1, each with an associated counter and clock signal. A timer's clock can come from the internal system clock or an external source. When using the internal clock, a prescaler can slow down the clock rate to allow longer time intervals to be measured. Timer 0 has three registers - TCNT0 for the counter, TCCR0 for control and configuration, and TIFR for flags.

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AVR 8515 Timer Programming

Timers in microcontrollers like the ATmega8515 are used for accurate timing of events and time-based operations. The ATmega8515 has two timers, Timer 0 and Timer 1, each with an associated counter and clock signal. A timer's clock can come from the internal system clock or an external source. When using the internal clock, a prescaler can slow down the clock rate to allow longer time intervals to be measured. Timer 0 has three registers - TCNT0 for the counter, TCCR0 for control and configuration, and TIFR for flags.

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AVR 8515 Timer

Programming

Timers in Atmega8515
Many computer applications require
accurate timing.
Examples include:
recording the time when an event occurs,
calculating the time difference between
events,
performing tasks at specific or periodic
times,
creating accurate time delays,
generating waveforms of certain shape,
period, or duty cycle.

ATmega8515 has two timers: Timer 0


and Timer 1.
Each timer is associated with a counter
and a clock signal.
The counter is incremented by 1 in
every clock cycle of the timer.
The clock signal of a timer can come
from
the internal system clock or
an external clock source.

Overview of Timers in Atmega 8515

Timer 0 Block Diagram

TIMER AND PRESCALAR

Timer Overview
When the internal system clock is used,
a pre-scaler can be applied to make the
timer count at a slower rate.
Example:
Consider a system clock of 8Mhz (i.e.
0.125s per cycle).
Suppose that a timer pre-scaler of 64 is
used.
Then, timer will increment every 8s
(0.125*64).

Timer 0

So we have 3 registers associated


with timer0
TCNT0
TCCR0
TIFR ( for flag TOV0)

TCCR0

TCCR0

TIFR

Input Capture:
Input signal is connected to a pin, called input
capture, of the timer.
When a preset event (rising edge, falling edge,
change) occurs on
this pin, the current timer value is automatically
stored in a register.
Output Compare:
A timer typically has a pin, called output compare.
When the timer reaches a preset value, the
output compare pin can be automatically changed to
logic 0 or logic 1.

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