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2570N–AVR–05/11
ATmega325/3250/645/6450
and duty cycle caused by Oscillator source (crystal, resonator, and capacitors) tolerances, it is
recommended that maximum frequency of an external clock source is less than f
clk_I/O
/2.5.
An external clock source can not be prescaled.
Figure 16-1. Prescaler for Timer/Counter0 and Timer/Counter1
(1)
Note: 1. The synchronization logic on the input pins (T1/T0) is shown in Figure 1.
16.1 Register Description
16.1.1 GTCCR – General Timer/Counter Control Register
Bit 7 – TSM: Timer/Counter Synchronization Mode
Writing the TSM bit to one activates the Timer/Counter Synchronization mode. In this mode, the
value that is written to the PSR2 and PSR10 bits is kept, hence keeping the corresponding pres-
caler reset signals asserted. This ensures that the corresponding Timer/Counters are halted and
can be configured to the same value without the risk of one of them advancing during configura-
tion. When the TSM bit is written to zero, the PSR2 and PSR10 bits are cleared by hardware,
and the Timer/Counters start counting simultaneously.
Bit 0 – PSR10: Prescaler Reset Timer/Counter1 and Timer/Counter0
When this bit is one, Timer/Counter1 and Timer/Counter0 prescaler will be Reset. This bit is nor-
mally cleared immediately by hardware, except if the TSM bit is set. Note that Timer/Counter1
and Timer/Counter0 share the same prescaler and a reset of this prescaler will affect both
timers.
PSR10
Clear
clk
T1
clk
T0
T1
T0
clk
I/O
Synchronization
Synchronization
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0x23 (0x43) TSM
PSR2 PSR10 GTCCR
Read/Write R/W R R R R R R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0