Many register and bit references in this document are written in general form. A lower case “n” replaces the Timer/Counter number, in this case 2. However, when using the register or bit defines in a program, the precise form must be used (i.e., TCNT2 for accessing Timer/Counter2 counter value and so on).
The definitions in the following table are also used extensively throughout the document.
| BOTTOM | The counter reaches the BOTTOM when it becomes zero (0x00). |
| MAX | The counter reaches its MAXimum when it becomes 0xFF (decimal 255). |
| TOP | The counter reaches the TOP when it becomes equal to the highest value in the count sequence. The TOP value can be assigned to be the fixed value 0xFF (MAX) or the value stored in the OCR2 Register. The assignment is dependent on the mode of operation. |