Z8 Encore! XP® 4K Series
Product Specification
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Timer Control Register Definitions
Timer 0–1 High and Low Byte Registers
The Timer 0–1 High and Low Byte (TxH and TxL) registers (Tables 49 and 39) contain
the current 16-bit timer count value. When the timer is enabled, a read from TxH causes
the value in TxL to be stored in a temporary holding register. A read from TxL always
returns this temporary register when the timers are enabled. When the timer is disabled,
reads from TxL read the register directly.
Writing to the Timer High and Low Byte registers while the timer is enabled is not recom-
mended. There are no temporary holding registers available for write operations, so simul-
taneous 16-bit writes are not possible. If either the Timer High or Low Byte registers are
written during counting, the 8-bit written value is placed in the counter (High or Low
Byte) at the next clock edge. The counter continues counting from the new value.
Table 49. Timer 0–1 High Byte Register (TxH)
BITS
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
TH
FIELD
RESET
R/W
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
F00H, F08H
Table 50. Timer 0–1 Low Byte Register (TxL)
ADDR
BITS
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
TL
FIELD
RESET
R/W
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
F01H, F09H
ADDR
TH and TL—Timer High and Low Bytes
These 2 bytes, {TH[7:0], TL[7:0]}, contain the current 16-bit timer count value.
Timer Reload High and Low Byte Registers
The Timer 0–1 Reload High and Low Byte (TxRH and TxRL) registers (Tables 51 and 41)
store a 16-bit reload value, {TRH[7:0], TRL[7:0]}. Values written to the Timer Reload
High Byte register are stored in a temporary holding register. When a write to the Timer
Reload Low Byte register occurs, the temporary holding register value is written to the
Timer High Byte register. This operation allows simultaneous updates of the 16-bit Timer
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Timers
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