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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

PeriodL & PeriodH

I understand that timeout period determines the period of your interrupt. I also understand that periodL and periodH is holds the LSB and MSB 16bit value of the period register. My question is...
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14 years ago

It seems strange to me that Altera haven't supplied 32bit versions of the timer devices. I presume the 16bit versions have been carried forwards from an earlier design - It isn't as though a 32bit version would be difficult to write from scratch!

It is worth checking that you don't need to subtract 1 from the count - check the datasheet/pdf.