Microchip Technology DM183021 Data Sheet

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FIGURE 15-1:
TIMER5 BLOCK DIAGRAM (16-BIT READ/WRITE MODE SHOWN)
15.1
Timer5 Operation
Timer5 combines two 8-bit registers to function as a
16-bit timer. The TMR5L register is the actual low byte
of the timer; it can be read and written to directly. The
high byte is contained in an unmapped register; it is
read and written to through TMR5H, which serves as
a buffer. Each register increments from 00h to FFh. 
A second register pair, PR5H and PR5L, serves as the
Period register; it sets the maximum count for the
TMR5 register pair. When TMR5 reaches the value of
PR5, the timer rolls over to 00h and sets the TMR5IF
interrupt flag. A simplified block diagram of the Timer5
module is shown in Figure 2-1.
Timer5 supports three configurations:
• 16-Bit Synchronous Timer 
• 16-Bit Synchronous Counter 
• 16-Bit Asynchronous Counter
In Synchronous Timer configuration, the timer is
clocked by the internal device clock. The optional
Timer5 prescaler divides the input by 2, 4, 8 or not at all
(1:1). The TMR5 register pair increments on Q1.
Clearing TMR5CS (= 0) selects the internal device
clock as the timer sampling clock.
T5SYNC
TMR5CS
T5PS<1:0>
Sleep Input
F
OSC
/4
Internal
Clock
1
0
2
T5CKI
1
0
TMR5L
Internal Data Bus
TMR5
TMR5H
High Byte
8
8
Write TMR5L
Read TMR5L
8
TMR5ON
On/Off
Timer5
PR5L
16
PR5H
8
8
Comparator
16
8
1
0
TMR5
PR5
Reset
Logic
Special
Event
Logic
Timer5 Reset
Set TMR5IF
Timer5 Reset
(external)
Special Event 
Trigger Output
Special Event
Trigger Input
from IC1
Noise
Filter
Prescaler
1, 2, 4, 8
Synchronize
Detect
Note:
The Timer5 may be used as a general pur-
pose timer and as the time base resource to
the Motion Feedback Module (Input
Capture or Quadrature Encoder Interface).