Basics

TIMSK
Timer/Counter Interrupt Mask Register
D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
- - TICIE1 OCIE1A OCIE1B TOIE1 - -

Code

#include<avr/io.h>
#include<avr/interrupt.h>
#define LED PD4
ISR (TIMER1_OVF_vect) // Timer1 ISR
{
PORTD ^= (1 << LED);
TCNT1H=0xF9; // Reload the 16-bit count value
TCNT1L=0xE6; // in timer1 count registers
}
int main()
{
DDRD = (0x01 << LED); //Configure the PORTD4 as output
TCNT1=63976; // for 1 sec at 16 MHz
TCCR1A = 0x00;
TCCR1B = (1<<CS10) | (1<<CS12);; // Timer mode with 1024 prescler
TIMSK = (1 << TOIE1) ; // Enable timer1 overflow interrupt(TOIE1)
sei(); // Enable global interrupts by setting global interrupt enable bit in SREG
while(1)
{
}
}