Resources used by targets

Embed target support uses timer and interrupt resources. The following table shows the resources used by the supported targets:

Target

Timer

Interrupt

Arduino

1: Used by Uno and Mega

2: Used by Leonardo

Main loop is scheduled using the 16-bit timer and not changeable by user

N/A

AMD64
Raspberry Pi

Main loop is scheduled using Linux timer provided by the OS and not changeable by user

N/A

STMicroelectronics STM32
Texas Instruments ARM Cortex M3/M4

SYSTICK (24-bit down count)

N/A

Texas Instruments, Delfino, F280x, F2812, MSP430, Piccolo

User selectable

User selectable

Embed handles interrupts for the main control rate timer, GPIO pins, DMA, CAN, PWM, QEP, CAP, UART, SCI (serial), I2C, SPI, ADC, watchdog, and power reset.

You can exchange data with Embed from the interrupt handler via the Extern Read and Extern Write blocks.