Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: RTC !! | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:39:29 +0100 |
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npunmia@hss.hns.com said: > The RTC interrupt is programmable from 2 Hz to 8192 Hz, in powers of > 2. So the interrupts that you could get are one of the following: > 0.122ms, .244ms, .488ms, .977ms, 1.953ms, 3.906ms, 7.813ms, and so on. > Is there any workaround , so that i can use RTC for meeting my > requirement of an interrupt every 1.666..ms!! ( I know that i can use > UTIME or #define HZ 600, but i want to know if i can use RTC for this > purpose )
You could also use the RTC for providing the system tick (You'd need to make HZ a power of two, obviously) and then use the 8254 for providing your 600Hz interrupt.
-- dwmw2
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