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I can use the CTC waveform generation mode to loop to OCRnA and trigger the corresponding TIMER1_COMPA_vect interrupt.

// CTC mode
TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM10);
TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM11);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
TCCR1B &= ~(1 << WGM13);    
TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A);   
OCR1A = 250;

ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect) {}

But if I use CTC mode with ICRn as "TOP" is there a corresponding interrupt vector?

TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM10);
TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM11);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM13);    
TIMSK1 |= (1 << ???);    // which interrupt to enable?
ICR1 = 250;

ISR(???) {}              // which interrupt vector?
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  • I think it was TIMER1_CAPT_vect. Have to check when I get home.
    – Gerben
    May 31, 2017 at 8:22
  • It seems I used TIMSK1 |= _BV(ICIE1); ISR(TIMER1_CAPT_vect), but looking at the datasheet, that's not supposed to work. It works, but it's not specified behavior.
    – Gerben
    May 31, 2017 at 15:34
  • @Gerben That works for me too. Can you elaborate on "not specified behaviour"? The datasheet isn't very explicit as far as I can tell.
    – 101
    May 31, 2017 at 23:35
  • @Gerben: This behavior is actually specified. It would seem we had both misread the datasheet. :-/ Jun 1, 2017 at 9:04
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    You are right; I stand corrected. Apparently past me is smarter that present me :-)
    – Gerben
    Jun 1, 2017 at 9:22

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No, there isn't. But you do have a simple alternative: use WGM 14 (fast PWM with TOP = ICR1). Then the TOV1 flag will be set after the timer reaches TOP:

TIMSK1 |= (1 << TOIE1);  // enable Timer 1 overflow interrupt

ISR(TIMER1_OVF_vect) {}  // Timer 1 overflow vector

Note that this waveform generation mode behaves very much like the CTC mode. If you do not set any of the COM1 bits in TCCR1A, then there will be no PWM output.


Edit: My bad. As noted by Gerben and confirmed by you, the TIMER1_CAPT_vect can be used, and it is specified in the datasheet, although maybe not very prominently:

In section 17.9.2 “Clear Timer on Compare Match (CTC) Mode”:

An interrupt can be generated at each time the counter value reaches the TOP value by either using the OCFnA or ICFn Flag according to the register used to define the TOP value.

In section 17.11.40 “TIFR5 – Timer/Counter5 Interrupt Flag Register”, in the description of bit 5 (Input Capture Flag):

When the Input Capture Register (ICRn) is set by the WGMn3:0 to be used as the TOP value, the ICFn Flag is set when the counter reaches the TOP value.

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It does actually seem to work with CTC mode and ICRn as TOP, by using the TIMER1_CAPT_vect interrupt.

// CTC mode with ICRn as TOP
TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM10);
TCCR1A &= ~(1 << WGM11);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM13);

// enable interrupt
TIMSK1 |= (1 << ICIE1);

// TOP value
ICR1 = 100;

// interrupt at TOP
ISR(TIMER1_CAPT_vect) {}

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