Practice Timer Overview (8.2.1) - Timer, GPIO, and 7-Segment Peripherals
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Timer Overview

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a basic timer?

💡 Hint: Think about simple counting.

Question 2 Easy

What does PWM stand for?

💡 Hint: Recall the concept of varying pulse widths.

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Question 1

Which of the following is a function of a basic timer?

A) Capture events
B) Count clock cycles
C) Generate PWM signals

💡 Hint: Focus on what basic timers directly do.

Question 2

True or False: PWM timers can produce constant-width signals only.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how signal width varies in control applications.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Imagine you are designing a home automation system that requires various timed events. Describe how you would integrate different types of timers to manage lights, alarm systems, and heater controls.

💡 Hint: Consider how each aspect of the system would require different timing functions.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a flowchart that outlines how a Capture/Compare timer could be used to measure the frequency of a sensor's output pulses in a monitoring system.

💡 Hint: Think through the steps from sensor activation to alert generation.

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