For the LPC1768 Q1 What is the difference between timer and

For the LPC1768:

Q1:    What is the difference between timer and counter functions?

Q2:   In counter mode, what are the limitations of input signal to be captured?

Q3: For interrupt register (IR), write a short code to check if the interrupt is caused by timer 0 channel 0.

Solution

Q1.

counter is a device which records the number of occurrences of a particular event.

In modern applications, counters are based on electronic devices and the counters are sequential logic circuit which are designed to record the number of electric pulses fed into the counter.

timer is an application of the counters where a certain signal with a fixed frequency (hence period) is counted to record the time.