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Figure 15-1. Overview of a Timer/Counter and closely related peripherals
The Hi-Resolution Extension can be enabled to increase the waveform generation resolution by
2 bits (4x). This is available for all Timer/Counters. See ”Hi-Res - High Resolution Extension” on
page 33 for more details.
The Advanced Waveform Extension can be enabled to provide extra and more advanced fea-
tures for the Timer/Counter. This are only available for Timer/Counter 0. See ”AWEX - Advanced
Waveform Extension” on page 32 for more details.
AWeX
Compare/Capture Channel D
Compare/Capture Channel C
Compare/Capture Channel B
Compare/Capture Channel A
Waveform
Generation
Buffer
Comparator
Hi-Res
Fault
Protection
Capture
Control
Base Counter
Counter
Control Logic
Timer Period
Prescaler
DTI
Dead-Time
Insertion
Pattern
Generation
clk
PER4
PORT
Event
System
clk
PER
Timer/Counter