2camjohn
Member
I moved some of my routines from an 8 bit timer to the 16 bit timer on the 16f819.
From my understanding the timer works exactly the same except it overflows after 65536 ticks instead of 256.
So I expected to see the routine slow down alot (with the same prescalar it should run 256 times slower than an 8 bit timer). But it doesnt.
Am I misunderstanding how 16 bit timers work(I thought it just had to count upto 16 bits instead of 8 )?
Is there anything else I should know?
Cheers
John
From my understanding the timer works exactly the same except it overflows after 65536 ticks instead of 256.
So I expected to see the routine slow down alot (with the same prescalar it should run 256 times slower than an 8 bit timer). But it doesnt.
Am I misunderstanding how 16 bit timers work(I thought it just had to count upto 16 bits instead of 8 )?
Is there anything else I should know?
Cheers
John