nuttx/arch/arm
Marco Casaroli b00d7005b0 rp23xx: Add /dev/timer driver on the TIMER0/TIMER1 blocks.
The RP2350 has two system timer blocks (TIMER0, TIMER1), each a free-running
64-bit counter incremented once per microsecond by the TICKS block (set up in
rp23xx_clock.c).  They are independent of the ARM SysTick that drives the OS
tick, so they are free for application use, but the port had no driver for
them.

Add rp23xx_timer.c, a NuttX timer lower-half that binds a block to a
/dev/timerN device.  It uses ALARM0 of the block, which matches the low 32
bits of the microsecond counter, to implement single-shot and periodic
timeouts with 1 us resolution and a maximum interval of 2^32 - 1 us (~71.5
minutes).  Periodic reloads are scheduled relative to the previous expiry to
avoid drift, but never behind the counter (an alarm set in the past would not
match until the 32-bit counter wraps).

Enable with CONFIG_RP23XX_TIMER (which selects CONFIG_TIMER), then turn on each
block independently: CONFIG_RP23XX_TIMER0 registers /dev/timer0 and
CONFIG_RP23XX_TIMER1 registers /dev/timer1.  A block claimed by the tickless
oneshot (CONFIG_RP23XX_SYSTIMER_TICKLESS) is excluded from these choices in
Kconfig, so the two features can be enabled together without colliding on the
same block or its alarm IRQ.

Tested on Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 (RP2350B) hardware with examples/timer and a
CMSIS-DAP probe.  The device registers as /dev/timer0; the ALARM0 interrupt
fires at the programmed period (verified over SWD at the configured 1 s
interval, not a busy loop), and the full path -- alarm match, the driver ISR,
the timer notification and delivery of the SIGNO to user space -- reaches the
example's signal handler and increments its counter.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Marco Casaroli <marco.casaroli@gmail.com>
2026-07-25 12:58:40 -03:00
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include arch/arm: add Realtek RTL8721Dx and RTL8720F (Ameba WHC) support 2026-07-01 09:18:06 -03:00
src rp23xx: Add /dev/timer driver on the TIMER0/TIMER1 blocks. 2026-07-25 12:58:40 -03:00
CMakeLists.txt
Kconfig arch/arm: add Realtek RTL8721Dx and RTL8720F (Ameba WHC) support 2026-07-01 09:18:06 -03:00