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RM0390 General-purpose timers (TIM2 to TIM5)
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Figure 197. Control circuit in external clock mode 2 + trigger mode
17.3.15 Timer synchronization
The TIMx timers are linked together internally for timer synchronization or chaining. When
one Timer is configured in Master Mode, it can reset, start, stop or clock the counter of
another Timer configured in Slave Mode.
Figure 198 presents an overview of the trigger selection and the master mode selection
blocks.
Using one timer as prescaler for another
Figure 198. Master/Slave timer example
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