21.3.1. Timeout Period
The Timeout Period setting determines the initial value of the period registers. When the Fixed period option is off, a processor can change the value of the period by writing to the period registers. When the Fixed period option is on, the period is fixed and cannot be updated at runtime. See the Hardware Options section for information on register options.
The Timeout Period is an integer multiple of the Timer Frequency. The Timer Frequency is fixed at the frequency setting of the system clock associated with the timer. The Timeout Period setting can be specified in units of µs (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), seconds, or clocks (number of cycles of the system clock associated with the timer). The actual period depends on the frequency of the system clock associated with the timer. If the period is specified in µs, ms, or seconds, the true period will be the smallest number of clock cycles that is greater or equal to the specified Timeout Period value. For example, If the associated system clock has a frequency of 33.33MHz (clock period of 30ns), and the specified Timeout Period of 1ms will correspond to 33,333.33 clock cycles. The IP will round that to 34,000 clock cycles, giving us a actual timeout period of 1.02ms.