Timers

Purpose

  • Set up the data structure to operate the device.
  • Basic read and set time
  • Functionality for alarm interrupt handling.

Description

  • The MCU has two hardware timers, with four alarms each.
  • The timer is 64 bits, hence reading the full time requires two register accesses.
  • Many timing application can get away with only reading the lower 32 bits, if roll-over is taken into account.
  • SetTime should only be used for development/debugging purposes, since doing so may interfere with other processes using the timing features, including the alarms.

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