Practice - Timer Peripherals
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Practice Questions
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What does a timer do?
💡 Hint: Think about timers and their role in measuring duration.
What is a prescaler?
💡 Hint: What helps modify the timer's counting rate?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of timer generates periodic interrupts?
💡 Hint: Think about what each timer type primarily accomplishes.
True or False: Capture/compare timers can be used to measure frequency.
💡 Hint: Consider the functions of capture timers.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a simple embedded system that uses timer peripherals to control LED blink rates. Detail how the timer configuration would be set up.
💡 Hint: Consider how you would utilize a timer to manage timed actions in your design.
Develop a program that uses a PWM timer to adjust the brightness of an LED. Explain how you will implement varying pulse widths.
💡 Hint: How does changing the width of the pulse affect the brightness?
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