23.5.18 Period Register

The TCEn.PERL and TCEn.PERH register pair represents the 16-bit value, TCEn.PER. The low byte [7:0] (suffix L) is accessible at the original offset. The high byte [15:8] (suffix H) can be accessed at offset + 0x01.

TCEn.PER contains the 16-bit TOP value in the timer/counter.

Name: PER
Offset: 0x26
Reset: 0xFFFF
Property: -

Bit 15141312111098 
 PER[15:8] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 11111111 
Bit 76543210 
 PER[7:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 11111111 

Bits 15:8 – PER[15:8] Period High Byte

This bit field holds the MSB of the 16-bit Period register.

Bits 7:0 – PER[7:0] Period Low Byte

This bit field holds the LSB of the 16-bit Period register.