Colony

#include <avr/io.h>

int main (void)

{

        /*

        TCCR1 is the timer counter compare register. 3 bits full of different settings you can change.

        We only cared about options in the first two bits.

        */

   //Timer Counter Compare Register 1

   TCCR1A = 0b11000011;

   //Timer Counter Compare Register 1

   TCCR1B = 0b00001001;

   //TCCR1C = 0b10000000;

   /*data direction register for d. Used to change between read and write.*/

   DDRD = 0b00100000;

   /*

   output compare register

   the output is high when the counter counts higher than this

   the higher the number, the lower the duty cycle

   note: this is a 10 bit counter so changing the left six won't do anything

   */

   OCR1A = 0b0000001000000000;

   //i tried to enable output compare A match interrupts; apparently this is useless

   //TIMSK1 = 0b00000010;

   while (1)

   {

   }

}