Unlock Microcontroller ATMEGA128PA and release Heximal or binary from its memory, the normal status of the MCU will be locked and in order to readout MCU firmware it is necessary to disable its locked system;
When an external clock input is used for Timer0, it must meet certain requirements. The external clock requirement is due to internal phase clock (TOSC) synchronization. Also, there is a delay in the actual incrementing of Timer0 after synchronization.
When no prescaler is used, the external clock input is the same as the prescaler output. The synchronization of an external clock with the internal phase clocks is accomplished by sampling the prescaler output on the Q2 and Q4 cycles of the internal phase clocks.
Therefore, it is necessary for T0CKI or the comparator output to be high for at least 2 TOSC (and a small RC delay of 2 Tt0H) and low for at least 2 TOSC (and a small RC delay of 2 Tt0H). Refer to the electrical specification of the desired device before break atmel avr Microcontroller.
When a prescaler is used, the external clock input is divided by the asynchronous ripple counter type prescaler, so that the prescaler output is symmetrical. For the external clock to meet the sampling requirement, the ripple counter must be taken into account. Therefore, it is necessary for T0CKI or the comparator output to have a period of at least 4 TOSC (and a small RC delay of 4 Tt0H) divided by the prescaler value.
The only requirement on T0CKI or the comparator output high and low time is that they do not violate the minimum pulse width requirement of Tt0H. Refer to parameters 40, 41 and 42 in the electrical specification of the desired device before reverse engineering avr Microcontroller.
Since the prescaler output is synchronized with the internal clocks, there is a small delay from the time the external clock edge occurs to the time the Timer0 module is actually incremented.
Figure 7-4 shows the delay from the external clock edge to the timer incrementing. An 8-bit counter is available as a prescaler for the Timer0 module or as a postscaler for the Watchdog Timer (WDT), respectively. For simplicity, this counter is being referred to as “prescaler” throughout this data sheet.