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Timer/counter suggestion need

Timer/counter suggestion need

2008-03-18 by rakesh modi

Hello
Can i use a 16-bit timer/counter as an 8-bit in atmega32? Reply me plz
 
R.P.Modi


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Re: [AVR-Chat] Timer/counter suggestion need

2008-03-18 by David Kelly

On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:54 AM, rakesh modi wrote:

> Hello
> Can i use a 16-bit timer/counter as an 8-bit in atmega32? Reply me plz

Yes. Clearly you haven't tried. Set an output compare register to  
0x00ff and run it in one of the modes that interrupts and/or resets on  
the chosen OCR rather than the overflow interrupt you might use on an  
8 bit timer. It might "overflow" on OCR also, read the book.

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