Datasheet
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ATmega640/1280/1281/2560/2561
2549K–AVR–01/07
Register Description
OSCCAL – Oscillator
Calibration Register
• Bits 7:0 – CAL7:0: Oscillator Calibration Value
The Oscillator Calibration Register is used to trim the Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator
to remove process variations from the oscillator frequency. A pre-programmed calibra-
tion value is automatically written to this register during chip reset, giving the Factory
calibrated frequency as specified in Table 172 on page 384. The application software
can write this register to change the oscillator frequency. The oscillator can be calibrated
to frequencies as specified in Table 172 on page 384. Calibration outside that range is
not guaranteed.
Note that this oscillator is used to time EEPROM and Flash write accesses, and these
write times will be affected accordingly. If the EEPROM or Flash are written, do not cali-
brate to more than 8.8 MHz. Otherwise, the EEPROM or Flash write may fail.
The CAL7 bit determines the range of operation for the oscillator. Setting this bit to 0
gives the lowest frequency range, setting this bit to 1 gives the highest frequency range.
The two frequency ranges are overlapping, in other words a setting of OSCCAL = 0x7F
gives a higher frequency than OSCCAL = 0x80.
The CAL6..0 bits are used to tune the frequency within the selected range. A setting of
0x00 gives the lowest frequency in that range, and a setting of 0x7F gives the highest
frequency in the range.
CLKPR – Clock Prescale
Register
• Bit 7 – CLKPCE: Clock Prescaler Change Enable
The CLKPCE bit must be written to logic one to enable change of the CLKPS bits. The
CLKPCE bit is only updated when the other bits in CLKPR are simultaneously written to
zero. CLKPCE is cleared by hardware four cycles after it is written or when CLKPS bits
are written. Rewriting the CLKPCE bit within this time-out period does neither extend the
time-out period, nor clear the CLKPCE bit.
• Bits 3:0 – CLKPS3:0: Clock Prescaler Select Bits 3 - 0
These bits define the division factor between the selected clock source and the internal
system clock. These bits can be written run-time to vary the clock frequency to suit the
application requirements. As the divider divides the master clock input to the MCU, the
speed of all synchronous peripherals is reduced when a division factor is used. The divi-
sion factors are given in Table 23.
The CKDIV8 Fuse determines the initial value of the CLKPS bits. If CKDIV8 is unpro-
grammed, the CLKPS bits will be reset to “0000”. If CKDIV8 is programmed, CLKPS bits
are reset to “0011”, giving a division factor of 8 at start up. This feature should be used if
the selected clock source has a higher frequency than the maximum frequency of the
Bit 76543210
(0x66) CAL7 CAL6 CAL5 CAL4 CAL3 CAL2 CAL1 CAL0 OSCCAL
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value Device Specific Calibration Value
Bit 76543210
(0x61)
CLKPCE – – – CLKPS3 CLKPS2 CLKPS1 CLKPS0 CLKPR
Read/Write R/W RRRR/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 0 0 0 See Bit Description