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Interrupt Generation Using the AT91 Timer/Counter Introduction This application note describes how to generate an Interrupt by using the Timer/Counter (TC) in the AT91 series of microcontrollers. AT91 ARM® Timer/Counter Overview ® Thumb The AT91 series features a Timer/Counter block, which includes three identical 16-bit timer counter channels. Each channel can be independently programmed, through its Microcontroller two operating modes, to perform a wide range of functions including frequency mea- surement, event counting, interval measurement, pulse generation, delay timing, pulse width modulation and interrupt generation. Each Timer Counter channel has 3 external clock inputs, 5 internal clock inputs, and 2 Application multi purpose input/output signals, which can be configured by the user. Each channel Note drives an internal interrupt signal, which can be programmed to generate processor interrupts via the Advanced Interrupt Controller (AIC). The three Timer Counter chan- nels are independent and identical in operation. Each Timer Counter channel is organized around a 16-bit counter. The value of the counter is incremented at each positive edge of the selected clock. When the counter has reached the value 0xFFFF and passes to 0x0000, an overflow occurs and the bit COVFS in TCx_SR (Status Register) is set. The current value of the counter is accessible in real-time by reading TCx_CV. A trig- ger can reset the counter. In this case, the counter value passes to 0x0000 on the next valid edge of the selected clock.