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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     cpu_stm32_common
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       RTT implementation using LPTIM1
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "irq.h"
+#include "periph/rtt.h"
+
+/* this driver is only valid for STM CPUs that provide LPTIMERs */
+#if (defined(LPTIM1) && RTT_NUMOF)
+
+/* figure out the used pre-scaler */
+#if (RTT_FREQUENCY == 32768)
+#define PRE                 (0)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 16384)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_0)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 8192)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_1)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 4096)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_1 | LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_0)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 2048)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_2)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 1024)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_2 | LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_0)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 512)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_2 | LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC_1)
+#elif (RTT_FREQUENCY == 256)
+#define PRE                 (LPTIM_CFGR_PRESC)
+#else
+#error "RTT config: RTT_FREQUENCY not configured or invalid for your board"
+#endif
+
+/* allocate memory for overflow and alarm callbacks + args */
+static rtt_cb_t ovf_cb = NULL;
+static void *ovf_arg;
+static rtt_cb_t to_cb = NULL;
+static void *to_arg;
+
+void rtt_init(void)
+{
+    /* power on the selected LPTIMER */
+    rtt_poweron();
+
+    /* stop the timer and reset configuration */
+    LPTIM1->CR = 0;
+
+    /* select low speed clock (LSI or LSE) */
+    RCC->CCIPR &= ~(RCC_CCIPR_LPTIM1SEL);
+#if CLOCK_LSE
+    RCC->CCIPR |= (RCC_CCIPR_LPTIM1SEL_1 | RCC_CCIPR_LPTIM1SEL_0);
+#else
+    RCC->CCIPR |= (RCC_CCIPR_LPTIM1SEL_0);
+#endif
+
+    /* set configuration: prescale factor and external clock (LSI or LSE) */
+    LPTIM1->CFGR = PRE;
+    /* enable overflow and compare interrupts */
+    LPTIM1->IER = (LPTIM_IER_ARRMIE | LPTIM_IER_CMPMIE);
+    NVIC_EnableIRQ(LPTIM1_IRQn);
+    /* enable timer */
+    LPTIM1->CR = LPTIM_CR_ENABLE;
+    /* set auto-reload value (timer needs to be enabled for this) */
+    LPTIM1->ARR = RTT_MAX_VALUE;
+    /* start the timer */
+    LPTIM1->CR |= LPTIM_CR_CNTSTRT;
+}
+
+uint32_t rtt_get_counter(void)
+{
+    return (uint32_t)LPTIM1->CNT;
+}
+
+void rtt_set_overflow_cb(rtt_cb_t cb, void *arg)
+{
+    assert(cb);
+
+    unsigned is = irq_disable();
+    ovf_cb  = cb;
+    ovf_arg = arg;
+    irq_restore(is);
+}
+
+void rtt_clear_overflow_cb(void)
+{
+    ovf_cb = NULL;
+}
+
+void rtt_set_alarm(uint32_t alarm, rtt_cb_t cb, void *arg)
+{
+    assert(cb && !(alarm & ~RTT_MAX_VALUE));
+
+    unsigned is = irq_disable();
+    to_cb  = cb;
+    to_arg = arg;
+    LPTIM1->CMP = (uint16_t)alarm;
+    irq_restore(is);
+}
+
+void rtt_clear_alarm(void)
+{
+    to_cb = NULL;
+}
+
+void rtt_poweron(void)
+{
+#ifdef RCC_APB1ENR1_LPTIM1EN
+    periph_clk_en(APB1, RCC_APB1ENR1_LPTIM1EN);
+#else
+    periph_clk_en(APB1, RCC_APB1ENR_LPTIM1EN);
+#endif
+}
+
+void rtt_poweroff(void)
+{
+#ifdef RCC_APB1ENR1_LPTIM1EN
+    periph_clk_dis(APB1, RCC_APB1ENR1_LPTIM1EN);
+#else
+    periph_clk_dis(APB1, RCC_APB1ENR_LPTIM1EN);
+#endif
+}
+
+void isr_lptim1(void)
+{
+    if (LPTIM1->ISR & LPTIM_ISR_CMPM) {
+        if (to_cb) {
+            /* 'consume' the callback (as it might be set again in the cb) */
+            rtt_cb_t tmp = to_cb;
+            to_cb = NULL;
+            tmp(to_arg);
+        }
+    }
+    if (LPTIM1->ISR & LPTIM_ISR_ARRM) {
+        if (ovf_cb) {
+            ovf_cb(ovf_arg);
+        }
+    }
+    LPTIM1->ICR = (LPTIM_ICR_ARRMCF | LPTIM_ICR_CMPMCF);
+
+    cortexm_isr_end();
+}
+
+#endif /* LPTIM1 */