Datasheet

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8018P–AVR–08/10

ATmega169P

clearing) the OC2A Register at compare match between OCR2A and TCNT2 when the counter

decrements. The PWM frequency for the output when using phase correct PWM can be calcu-

lated by the following equation:

The N variable represents the prescale factor (1, 8, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 1024).

The extreme values for the OCR2A Register represent special cases when generating a PWM

waveform output in the phase correct PWM mode. If the OCR2A is set equal to BOTTOM, the

output will be continuously low and if set equal to MAX the output will be continuously high for

non-inverted PWM mode. For inverted PWM the output will have the opposite logic values.

At the very start of period 2 in Figure 17-7 on page 146 OCn has a transition from high to low

even though there is no Compare Match. The point of this transition is to guarantee symmetry

around BOTTOM. There are two cases that give a transition without Compare Match.

• OCR2A changes its value from MAX, like in Figure 17-7 on page 146. When the OCR2A value

is MAX the OCn pin value is the same as the result of a down-counting compare match. To

ensure symmetry around BOTTOM the OCn value at MAX must correspond to the result of an

up-counting Compare Match.

• The timer starts counting from a value higher than the one in OCR2A, and for that reason

misses the Compare Match and hence the OCn change that would have happened on the way

up.

OCnxPCPWM

clk_I/O

N 510⋅

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