Practice - Timers and Counters
Practice Questions
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What is the primary purpose of a timer in a microcontroller?
💡 Hint: Think about the timing functions in embedded systems.
What is a prescaler?
💡 Hint: Remember how it affects timing intervals.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What do timers in microcontrollers primarily facilitate?
💡 Hint: Consider the fundamental role they play in microcontroller tasks.
True or False: A prescaler increases the frequency of a timer.
💡 Hint: Think about how the prescaler functions during timer operation.
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Challenge Problems
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Configure Timer1 for a 500ms interrupt using CTC mode. Explain how you derived the compare match value.
💡 Hint: Don't forget to include CTC mode configuration steps!
Create an application that uses a timer interrupt to read a sensor value every second, processing that value when an interrupt occurs.
💡 Hint: Consider how sensor timing might influence your application design.
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