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P89LPC906/907/908
TIMERS 0 AND 1
2003 Dec 8 41
5. TIMERS 0 AND 1
The P89LPC906/907/908 has two general-purpose counter/timers which are similar to the 80C51 Timer 0 and Timer 1. Timer 0
of the P89LPC907 can be configured to operate either as a timer or event counter (see Figure 5-1). An option to automatically
toggle the T0 pin upon timer overflow has been added. Timer 1 of the P89LPC907 and both Timer 0 and Timer 1 of the
P89LPC906 and P89LPC908 devices may only function as timers.
In the “Timer” function, the timer is incremented every PCLK.
In the “Counter” function, the Timer 0 register is incremented in response to a 1-to-0 transition on the external input pin, T0, which
is sampled once during every machine cycle. When the pin is high during one cycle and low in the next cycle, the count is
incremented. The new count value appears in the register during the cycle following the one in which the transition was detected.
Since it takes 2 machine cycles (4 CPU clocks) to recognize a 1-to-0 transition, the maximum count rate is 1/4 of the CPU clock
frequency. There are no restrictions on the duty cycle of the external input signal, but to ensure that a given level is sampled at
least once before it changes, it should be held for at least one full machine cycle.
The “Timer” or “Counter” function is selected by control bit T0C/T
in the Special Function Register TMOD. Timer 0 and Timer 1
of the P89LPC906 and P89LPC908, and Timer 1 of the P89LPC907 have four operating modes (modes 0, 1, 2, and 3), which
are selected by bit-pairs (TnM1, TnM0) in TMOD. Modes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are the same for both Timers. Mode 3 is different. The
operating modes are described later in this section. In addition to these modes, Timer 0 of the P89LPC907 has mode 6.
Additionally the T0M2 mode bit in TAMOD is used to specify modes with Timer 0 of the P89LPC907.
Figure 5-1: Timer/Counter Mode Control register (TMOD)
TMOD
Address: 89h
Not bit addressable
Reset Source(s): Any source
Reset Value: 00000000B
BIT SYMBOL FUNCTION
TMOD.7 - Reserved.
TMOD.6 - Reserved.
TMOD.5, 4 T1M1,T1M0 Mode Select for Timer 1. These bits are used to determine the Timer 1 mode (see Figure
5-2).
TMOD.3 - Reserved.
TMOD.2 T0C/T
Timer or Counter Selector for Timer 0. Cleared for Timer operation (input from CCLK). Set
for Counter operation (input from T0 input pin).P89LPC907. When writing to this register
on the P89LPC906 or P89LPC908 devices, this bit position should be written with a zero.
TMOD.1, 0 T0M1,T0M0 Mode Select for Timer 0. These bits are used to determine the Timer 0 mode (see Figure
5-2). On the P89LPC907 these bits are used with the T0M2 bit in the TAMOD register to
determine the Timer 0 mode (see Figure 5-2).
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--T1M1T1M0-T0C/T
T0M1 T0M0