Operation Modes
The D3, D2, and D1 bits of the Control Word set the operating mode of the timer. There are 6 modes in total; for modes 2 and 3, the D3 bit is ignored, so the missing modes 6 and 7 are aliases for modes 2 and 3. Notice that, for modes 0, 2, 3 and 4, GATE must be set to HIGH to enable counting. For mode 5, the rising edge of GATE starts the count. For details on each mode, see the reference links.
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