Texas Instruments TMS320C6201 Reference Manual page 407

Overview
Overview
12.1
12-2
The device has two 32-bit general-purpose timers that you can use to:
Time events
Count events
Generate pulses
Interrupt the CPU
Send synchronization events to the DMA
The timers have two signaling modes and can be clocked by an internal or an
external source. The timers have an input pin and an output pin. The input and
output pins, (TINP and TOUT) can function as timer clock input and clock out-
put. They can also be configured for general-purpose input and output,
respectively.
With an internal clock, for example, the timer can signal an external A/D
converter to start a conversion, or it can trigger the DMA controller to begin a
data transfer. With an external clock, the timer can count external events and
interrupt the CPU after a specified number of events. Figure 12–1 shows a
block diagram of the timers.