RM0016 Timer overview
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16.1 Timer feature comparison
16.2 Glossary of timer signal names
Table 34. Timer feature comparison
Timer
Counter
resol-
ution
Counter
type
Prescaler
factor
Capture/
compare
chan-
nels
Comple-
mentary
outputs
Repet-
ition
counter
External
trigger
input
External
break
input
Timer
synchro-
nization/
chaining
TIM1
(advanced
control
timer)
16-bit
Up/down
Any integer
from 1 to
65536
43Yes11
With
TIM5/
TIM6
TIM2
(general
purpose
timer)
Up
Any power of
2 from 1 to
32768
3
None No 0 0 No
TIM3
(general
purpose
timer)
2
TIM4
(basic
timer)
8-bit
Any power of
2 from 1 to
128
0
TIM5
(general
purpose
timer)
16-bit
Up
Any power of
2 from 1 to
32768
3
None No
1
(shared
with
TIM1)
0Yes
TIM6
(basic
timer)
8-bit
Any power of
2 from 1 to
128
00
Table 35. Glossary of internal timer signals
Internal signal name Description Related figures
BI Break interrupt
Figure 31: TIM1 general block diagram on
page 138
CCiI: CC1I, CC2I, CC3I, CC4I
Capture/compare
interrupt
CK_CNT Counter clock
Figure 35: Counter update when ARPE =
0 (ARR not preloaded) with prescaler = 2
on page 142
CK_PSC Prescaler clock
CNT_EN Counter enable
CNT_INIT Counter initialize
Figure 45: TI2 external clock connection
example on page 150