topic Re: Inaccurate LPTMR in Kinetis Microcontrollers

Inaccurate LPTMR

TobiasBystricky — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:51:21 GMT

Hello,

I'm using the LPTMR of the K60. I configure it like that:

_lpt_install (0, 30 * 1000000, LPT_FLAG_CLOCK_SOURCE_ERCLK32K, 2, timer_wakeup_isr, TRUE))

and i expect that it will set an interrupt every 30 seconds.

But I got an interrupt every 32 second:

09-06-2013 03:28:18,

09-06-2013 03:28:50,

09-06-2013 03:29:22,

09-06-2013 03:29:54,

Now my question, what went wrong? I use the RTC as ERCLK32K.

Thanks for help,

Tobias

Re: Inaccurate LPTMR

jeremyzhou — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:45 GMT

Hi Tobias,Would you send me the codes of _lpt_install then I could check out for you?

Re: Inaccurate LPTMR

TobiasBystricky — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:24:48 GMT

Hi Ping,

thanks for your help.

Here's the function installing the timer:

static void install_timer_interrupt
    (
        void
    )
{
    LPM_REGISTRATION_STRUCT registration;
    uint_32                 dummy_handle;
  
    /* Install the timer */
    if (MQX_OK != _lpt_install (0, 30 * 1000000, LPT_FLAG_CLOCK_SOURCE_ERCLK32K, 2, timer_wakeup_isr, TRUE))
    {
        _io_printf ("\nError during installation of timer interrupt!\n");
        _task_block();
    }
    LPTMR_MemMapPtr lpt_ptr = (LPTMR_MemMapPtr)_bsp_get_lpt_base_address (0);
    lpt_ptr->CSR |= LPTMR_CSR_TFC_MASK;
  
    /* Stop the timer */
    _lpt_run (0, FALSE);
}

And this is the isr:

static void timer_wakeup_isr(pointer parameter){
     set_minute_signal();
     _lpt_clear_int ((uint_32)parameter);
}

Just sending a signal..

In the meantime i got the following information from support:

I run your code _lpt_install (0, 30 * 1000000, LPT_FLAG_CLOCK_SOURCE_ERCLK32K, 2, timer_wakeup_isr, TRUE); in TWR-K60N512 BSP MQX 4.0.1 and I get:

PSR = 0x1A means PRESCALE /16
PCS = Secondary External Ref Clk
CMR = 0xEFFF.

Now, assuming SIM_SOPT1[OSC32KSEL] selects 32.768 kHz RTC oscillator from XTAL32/EXTAL32 on board 32.768 kHz crystal, we get:

(0xEFFF+1)*16*1/32.768kHz = 30 sec so the computed values look just all right.

Thanks for your efford!

Tobias

Re: Inaccurate LPTMR

jeremyzhou — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:19 GMT

Hi Tobias,

I think I have figured out what is wrong in your code.The line of code "lpt_ptr->CSR |= LPTMR_CSR_TFC_MASK; "should be corrected into "lpt_ptr->CSR &= (uint_32)~(uint_32)LPTMR_CSR_TFC_MASK;"

Because you want interrupt could be generated when CNR equals the CMR.However after TFC be set,CNR will be reset on overflow which means CNR will increase even equals to CMR.So you get:

(0xFFFF+1)*16*1/32.768kHz = 32 sec which the results had show. You can review the datasheet to check out.

Hope can help you.

Best Regards

Ping Zhou

Re: Inaccurate LPTMR

TobiasBystricky — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:45:29 GMT

Thanks man!! now its working perfect...

Best regards

Tobias