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Counter Reset—You can configure the counter to reset the count to a specific
value in response to a hardware signal using the following Reset Trigger
properties:
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Enable or disable the Reset Trigger feature.
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Input terminal of the signal to be used as the Reset Trigger.
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Reset Trigger active edge to select the rising or falling edge of the signal to
trigger a reset.
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The reset value to change the count value to in response to the Reset
Trigger.
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Count Edges Pause Trigger—You can configure the counter to pause
counting based on a hardware signal using the following properties:
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Enable or disable the Count Edges Pause Trigger feature.
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Input terminal of the signal to be used as the Count Edges Pause Trigger.
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Count Edges Pause Trigger level to select pause counting when the signal
is high or low.
The following figure shows an example of a count edge measurement using the
Reset Trigger with the initial value of the count value set to 6, Reset Trigger active
edge set to rising edge, and the reset value set to 3.
Figure 9. Reset Trigger
Counter Armed
6 7 8 9 33 4 45 5 6
Signal to Measure
Counter Value
Count Reset Terminal
The following figure shows an example of edge counting with Count Edges Pause
Trigger level set to high.
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