TMR0 interupt bit

[jmgelba]

How do I assign a var word to the interupt flag? I need to count the number of times the overflow flag has been set, store this value then do some math with it and output that result to a display. The display part i've got working but I just need to identify an overflow condition and accumulate them in a var word somewhere. I can preload the counter with a number and I can get that number to display on my 7 seg displays.

Im sure I'll get the hang of this one day.

[mister_e]

if i understand what you want to do... the easiest solution will be to increment a variable on each TIMER0 interrupt. you'll do it in your interrupt routine.

[jmgelba]

Yeah, but I dont know how to. :-) Here's a go at it.....

display var word
count var word




display = 0 ' set initial value of counter display (This should appear on the 7 seg displays.)
TMR0 = $00 ' set timer value to 0
on interrupt goto setdisplay

disable
setdisplay:
count = count + 1
count = display
INTCON.2 = 0 ' clear overflow flag
TMR0 = $00 ' reload TMR0
resume
enable



However, I still cant see how the timer overflow registers in the count var word.

[mister_e]

you must tell to TIMER0 where to take it's clock to increment and enable interrupts.

let's say you have a 16F628. you'll find the setting in the INTCON and OPTION registers

OPTION register
by default TIMER0 get it's clock source from pin RA4, on a high to low transistion with a rate of 1:256... is this what you want?

INTCON register
To make your interrupt routine work, you must, at least, enable the TIMER0 interrupt and the global interrupt... they're disable when you boot the PIC

So INTCON=%10100000


what about now?

[Dave]

James, Also in your snipit of code you increment "counter" but then re-zero it by saying "counter = display". You load thenvariable "display" with zero and never increment it but pass it's value to "counter".

Dave Purola,
N8NTA

[jmgelba]

Ok, added the option_reg to set up the counter to count ra4, low to high, WDT with a 1:1 prescale.
Removed the count = display. Display should now increment? I can then use the value in display and send it out to the digits?

What I was trying to do there was have display = count so that display would continue being incremented and I could do all the math and segment work with count word. This is becuase I need to count 21600 interupts, and them send that out as a 1 to the 7 segments. Sort of like a custom interupt postscaler I guess.

Thanks for your help and insight everyone. Dave I already owe you one!

display var word


OPTION_REG = %11101000
INTCON = %10100000

display = 0 ' set initial value of counter display (This should appear on the 7 seg displays.)
TMR0 = $00 ' set timer value to 0
on interrupt goto setdisplay

disable
setdisplay:
display = display + 1

INTCON.2 = 0 ' clear overflow flag
TMR0 = $00 ' reload TMR0
resume
enable