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Atmel ATA5505 [Preliminary]

The synchronization and edge detector logic introduces a delay of 2.5 to 3.5 system clock

cycles from an edge has been applied to the T1 pin to the counter is updated.

Enabling and disabling of the clock input must be done when T1 has been stable for at least

one system clock cycle, otherwise it is a risk that a false Timer/Counter clock pulse is

generated.

Each half period of the external clock applied must be longer than one system clock cycle to

ensure correct sampling. The external clock must be guaranteed to have less than half the

system clock frequency (fExtClk <fclk_I/O/2) given a 50/50 % duty cycle. Since the edge detec-

tor uses sampling, the maximum frequency of an external clock it can detect is half the

sampling frequency (Nyquist sampling theorem). However, due to variation of the system

clock frequency and duty cycle caused by Oscillator source (crystal, resonator, and capaci-

tors) tolerances, it is recommended that maximum frequency of an external clock source is

less than fclk_I/O/2.5.

An external clock source can not be prescaled.

Figure 11-2. Prescaler for Timer/Counter1

(1)

Note:

1. The synchronization logic on the input pin (

T1) is shown in Figure 11-1.

10-BIT T/C PRESCALER

clk

TIMER/COUNTERn CLOCK SOURCE

CSn2

CSn0

CLKI/O

CSn1

PSRn

Clear

Synchronization

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