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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Stephen Bowling, Chandler, AZ (US);
Igor Wojewoda, Tempe, AZ (US);
Stephen Bowling, Chandler, AZ (US);
Igor Wojewoda, Tempe, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A microcontroller has a central processing unit (CPU), a plurality of peripherals, and a programmable scheduler unit with: —a timer being clocked by an independent clock signal; —a comparator coupled with a timer register of said timer and having an output generating an output signal; —an event register coupled with said comparator; —a delta time register; and —an arithmetic logic unit controlled by the output signal of the comparator and with first and second inputs and an output, wherein the first input is coupled with the timer register or the event register and the second input is coupled with the delta time register and the output is coupled with the event register.