Section 12 Timer A; Overview; Features - Renesas Hitachi H8S/2194 Series Hardware Manual

12.1

Overview

The Timer A is an 8-bit interval timer. It can be used as a clock timer when connected to a
32.768 kHz crystal oscillator.
12.1.1

Features

Features of the Timer A are as follows:
• Choices of eight different types of internal clocks (φ/16384, φ/8192, φ/4096, φ/1024, φ/512,
φ/256, φ/64 and φ/16) are available for your selection.
• Four different overflowing cycles (1s, 0.5s, 0.25s and 0.03125s) are selectable as a clock
timer. (When using a 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator.)
• Requests for interrupt will be output when the counter overflows.

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