Timers in embedded system are used in multiple ways

☛ Real Time Clock (RTC) for the system

☛ Initiating an event after a preset time delay

☛ Initiating an even after a comparison of preset times

☛ Capturing the count value in timer on an event

☛ Between two events finding the time interval

☛ Time slicing for various tasks

☛ Time division multiplexing

☛ Scheduling of various tasks in RTOS