Introduction

The Universal Timer (UTMR) module is the new timer module introduced in newer PIC^® devices, and combines most of the operations of all the legacy timers (TMR0/1/2, SMT, CCP) into one single timer. The inbuilt capture and compare features, along with customizable Start, Reset and Stop options, make the UTMR universal. Multiple UTMR modules can be chained together to form a larger sized timer as well. Figure 1 shows the block diagram of the module.