SLAA513B December   2011  – February 2022 MSP430G2112 , MSP430G2112 , MSP430G2152 , MSP430G2152 , MSP430G2212 , MSP430G2212 , MSP430G2252 , MSP430G2252 , MSP430G2312 , MSP430G2312 , MSP430G2352 , MSP430G2352 , MSP430G2412 , MSP430G2412 , MSP430G2452 , MSP430G2452

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Typical Single Time Base Method
  3. 2Multiple Time Base Method
  4. 3Implementing the Multiple Time Base Method in a Custom Application
    1. 3.1 Timer Clock Source Selection
    2. 3.2 Period and Frequency Calculation
    3. 3.3 Duty Cycle Calculation
  5. 4Example Code
    1. 4.1 Method
      1. 4.1.1 ISR for Multiple Frequencies
      2. 4.1.2 ISR for Multiple Frequencies and Duty Cycles (PWM)
    2. 4.2 Included Code Examples
  6. 5Limitations of the Multiple Time Base Method
    1. 5.1 ISR Overhead
    2. 5.2 Maximum Output Frequency vs Number of Signals
    3. 5.3 Power Consumption
  7. 6References
  8. 7Revision History

3 Implementing the Multiple Time Base Method in a Custom Application

The following sections lay out step by step how to implement multiple time bases on a single MSP430 timer module. Example code can be found in the zip file at this link: https://www.ti.com/lit/zip/slaa513.