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1. 1st May 2007, 05:13#1
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Different between Timer and Counter
I am a beginner in electronic, I would like to ask what is the different between Timer and
Counter!

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
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Counter: Counts and indicates the number of signals (events) input at any interval.
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Timer: Counts the number of signals input at a constant interval to indicate the elapsed time.
More details here:
http://www.necel.com/en/faq/mi_com/__com_timcou.html

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3. 6th May 2007, 08:11#3
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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
THX ur help:)
Also, I would like to ask what is the meaning of watchdog?

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
A watchdog timer is a piece of hardware, often built into a microcontroller that can cause a processor
reset when it judges that the system has hung, or is no longer executing the correct sequence of
code.
For more details GOTO:
"Watchdog Timers"
http://www.embedded.com/2000/0011/0011feat4.htm

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
Watchdog is a built in timer, this timer has to be refreshed periodically or else it will
reset the microcontroller.
As a programmer it is your responsibility to refresh the watchdog timer within your
program, so if your program is running properly then it will be refreshed. However, if
your program hangs then the timer wont get refreshed in time and it will reset your
system.

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Different between Timer and Counter
A watchdog timer is a piece of hardware that can be used to automatically detect the
system problem like fault condition, hang and send a trigger pulse to reset the system.
You also can say it is a failsafe mechanism that can sense if a system stop functioning.
Generally speaking, a watchdog timer is based on a counter that counts down from some
initial value to zero. The embedded software selects the counter's initial value and
periodically restarts it. If the counter ever reaches zero before the software restarts it,
the software is presumed to be malfunctioning and the processor's reset signal is
asserted. The processor (and the embedded software it's running) will be restarted as if
a human operator had cycled the power.

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7. 9th May 2007, 19:23#7
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Different between Timer and Counter
Timer is a "counter", which counts at equal intervals of time (anything from counting
system clock to oscillator clocks)

counter in a general name, which counts an event. this event need not be timed equally
at all.

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Different between Timer and Counter
Timer Used for Delay operation or to Get the information in Precise Period. Whereas
Counter Used For Counting the External Pulses from External World. Timer Can also be
used for this but Programmers should take care of handling the timer to calculate the
Pulses.

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
Difference between the two is
for Timer - The clock signal (Pulse) is genereted by known source were as for counter it
will be gained externally, we may get one pulse per minute or one pulse per day. the
time piriod of the pulse can,t be predicted in the case of counter.

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
A timer is a counter that counts clocks automatically and keeps track of time in seconds..
A counter is one that has to be made to count by the programmer whenever needed...

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
timer used internal clock of microcontroller for its clock,for measrin time intervals.

Counter use external clock,the external clcok may come from a sensor ,like as a flow
transmitter sensor that measure flow of water ,it send for example 100 clock pulse per
liter,

so counter is measuring quantity of some thing like as water .

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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
In my view, timer and counter are both ticked by signal pulses. Timer typically uses the
internal periodic clock sources, while counter may record discrete internal or external
events. For timer, a proper ratio is set to make a tick as a second. Of course, counter
also may have some overflow settings. If timer and counter can invoke the core to run
some operations, then they can run as watchdog. Otherwise, programs should look up
those event registers from time to time.
Am I right?

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13. 28th March 2011, 07:46#13
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Re: Different between Timer and Counter
check this link for watchdog timer

Watchdog Timer - PIC Microcontroller Tutorials - PIC Tutorial Resource - Connect to the
PIC

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