Interruptions aren’t just a staple of our daily lives. They’re also crucial for making computer systems work as well as they do, as they allow for a system to immediately respond to an event. While on ...

Timers Modern MCUs include hardware timers to keep precise timing without the need of software delay loops. This allows the CPU to process other instructions while “waiting” for the specified time.

One of the very first examples for an MCU or SoC usually involves the famous ‘Blinky‘ example, where an LED is pulsed on and off with a fixed delay. This is actually a lot more complicated than the ...

Check 'Activated' to enable the timer. Next, set the Prescaler and Counter Period. [How to determine the setting values for Prescaler and Counter Period] To turn the LED on and off every 0.5 seconds, ...