Specifications

18 Motorola 56F8300 Hybrid Controller Family Motorola

The Pace-Setting Performance and Features of the 56F8300 Hybrid Controllers

3.2.4 Quad Timer Module

The 56F8300 devices have from two to four Quad Timer modules. Each Quad Timer module is an

exceptionally powerful timer that offers an unprecedented number of features, which includes these

features and benefits:

• Four 16-bit general purpose up/down timers per module

• Individually programmable

— Input capture trigger

— Output compare capture

— Clock source

• Pins available as general I/O when timer(s) not in use

• Input pins may be shared within a Quad Timer module

• Counters in module can be daisy-chained to yield longer counter lengths

• Up to 12 operation modes:

— Fixed-Frequency PWM Mode

— Variable-Frequency PWM Mode

— Stop Mode

— Count Mode

— Edge-Count Mode

— Gated-Count Mode

— Quadrature-Count Mode

— Signed-Count Mode

— Triggered-Count Mode

— One-Shot Mode

— Cascade-Count Mode

— Pulse-Output Mode

These timers can be used effectively for a wide variety of system applications from power factor

correction to implementing a low-cost Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), as shown in Figure 1-8.

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