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Technical Data
MC68HC11E Family — Rev. 4
182
Timing System
MOTOROLA
Timing System
9.4 Input Capture
The input capture function records the time an external event occurs by
latching the value of the free-running counter when a selected edge is
detected at the associated timer input pin. Software can store latched
values and use them to compute the periodicity and duration of events.
For example, by storing the times of successive edges of an incoming
signal, software can determine the period and pulse width of a signal. To
measure period, two successive edges of the same polarity are
captured. To measure pulse width, two alternate polarity edges are
captured.
In most cases, input capture edges are asynchronous to the internal
timer counter, which is clocked relative to an internal clock (PH2). These
asynchronous capture requests are synchronized to PH2 so that the
latching occurs on the opposite half cycle of PH2 from when the timer
counter is being incremented. This synchronization process introduces
a delay from when the edge occurs to when the counter value is
detected. Because these delays offset each other when the time
between two edges is being measured, the delay can be ignored. When
an input capture is being used with an output compare, there is a similar
delay between the actual compare point and when the output pin
changes state.
The control and status bits that implement the input capture functions
are contained in:
Pulse accumulator control register (PACTL)
Timer control 2 register (TCTL2)
Timer interrupt mask 1 register (TMSK1)
Timer interrupt flag 2 register (TFLG1)
To configure port A bit 3 as an input capture, clear the DDRA3 bit of the
PACTL register. Note that this bit is cleared out of reset. To enable PA3
as the fourth input capture, set the I4/O5 bit in the PACTL register.
Otherwise, PA3 is configured as a fifth output compare out of reset, with
bit I4/O5 being cleared. If the DDRA3 bit is set (configuring PA3 as an
output), and IC4 is enabled, then writes to PA3 cause edges on the pin