XC2200 Derivatives
System Units (Vol. 1 of 2)
Architectural Overview
User’s Manual
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V2.1, 2008-08
ArchitectureX22, V1.1
derived from the CPU clock via a programmable prescaler or with external signals. The
count direction (up/down) for each timer is programmable by software or may
additionally be altered dynamically by an external signal on a port pin (TxEUD).
Concatenation of the timers is supported via the output toggle latch (T6OTL) of timer T6,
which changes its state on each timer overflow/underflow.
The state of this latch may be used to clock timer T5, and/or it may be output on pin
T6OUT. The overflows/underflows of timer T6 can additionally be used to clock the
CAPCOM1/2 timers, and to cause a reload from the CAPREL register.
The CAPREL register may capture the contents of timer T5 based on an external signal
transition on the corresponding port pin (CAPIN), and timer T5 may optionally be cleared
after the capture procedure. This allows the XC2200 to measure absolute time
differences or to perform pulse multiplication without software overhead.
The capture trigger (timer T5 to CAPREL) may also be generated upon transitions of
GPT1 timer T3’s inputs T3IN and/or T3EUD. This is especially advantageous when T3
operates in Incremental Interface Mode.