PIC18F47Q10 Using TMR0 in 8-bit Mode and to Generate an Output Signal

Objective

This repository contains an example of MCC-generated source code for TMR0 as described in TB3285 - Getting Started with Timers/Counters on PIC18 document from Microchip.

This example describes how to configure TMR0 in 8-bit mode, using LFINTOSC as clock source.
A GPIO pin is configured as output and a 125 Hz signal is generated on the GPIO pin (RC2) using the Peripheral Pin Select (PPS).
The code was generated using MPLAB Code Configurator.

Related Documentation

• TB3285 - Getting Started with Timers/Counters on PIC18
• PIC18-Q10 Product Family Page
• PIC18F47Q10 Data Sheet
• PIC18F47Q10 Code Examples on GitHub

Software Used

• MPLAB® X IDE 5.30 or newer (microchip.com/mplab/mplab-x-ide)
• MPLAB® XC8 2.10 or newer (microchip.com/mplab/compilers)
• MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC) 3.95.0 or newer (microchip.com/mplab/mplab-code-configurator)
• MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC) Device Libraries PIC10 / PIC12 / PIC16 / PIC18 MCUs 1.79.0 or newer (microchip.com/mplab/mplab-code-configurator)
• Microchip PIC18F-Q Series Device Support 1.3.89 or newer (packs.download.microchip.com/)

Hardware Used

• PIC18F47Q10 Curiosity Nano (DM182029)

Setup

The PIC18F47Q10 Curiosity Nano Development Board is used as the test platform.

The following configurations must be made for this project:

• Clock
  • Oscillator Select: HFINTOSC
  • HF Internal Clock: 1 MHz
  • Clock Divider: 1
• TMR0
  • TMR0 Enabled
  • Clock Prescaler: 1:1
  • Postscaler: 1:1
  • Timer mode: 8-bit
  • Clock Source: LFINTOSC
  • Synchronization: disabled
  • Timer interrupt: enabled
• Watchdog Timer: disabled
• Low-voltage Programming: enabled

Pin	Configuration
RC2	Digital Output

Operation

1. Connect the board to the PC.

2. Open the pic18f47q10-cnano-tmr0-clk-out-mcc.X project in MPLAB® X IDE.

3. Set pic18f47q10-cnano-tmr0-clk-out-mcc project as main project. Right click on the project in the Projects tab and click Set as Main Project:
   

4. Select the PIC18F47Q10 Curiosity Nano in the Hardware Tool section of the project settings:

• Right click on the project and click Properties;
• Select the PIC18F47Q10 Curiosity Nano (click on the SN) in the Hardware Tool tab and then click OK:
  

5. Program the project to the board: right click on the project and click Make and Program Device:
   

Result:
RC2 pin - Channel 0 (black) in the screenshot below

Summary

This project is an illustration for a basic use case based around TMR0.