8-bit AVR Microcontroller

Overview

Timer/Counter0 is a general purpose, single channel, 8-bit Timer/Counter module. A simplified block diagram of the 8-bit Timer/Counter is shown in the figure below. For the actual placement of I/O pins, refer to Pin Configurations. CPU accessible I/O Registers, including I/O bits and I/O pins, are shown in bold. The device-specific I/O Register and bit locations are listed in the Register Description.

Figure 1. 8-bit Timer/Counter Block Diagram