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Table Of Contents

Features
Pin Configurations
Overview
- Block Diagram
- Disclaimer
- Pin Descriptions
Resources
Data Retention
About Code Examples
Atmel AVR CPU Core
- Introduction
- Architectural Overview
- Arithmetic Logic Unit – ALU
- Status Register
- General Purpose Register File
  - The X-register, Y- register and Z-register
- Stack Pointer
- Instruction Execution Timing
- Reset and Interrupt Handling
  - Interrupt Response Time
AVR ATmega8 Memories
- In-System Reprogrammable Flash Program Memory
- SRAM Data Memory
- Data Memory Access Times
- EEPROM Data Memory
- I/O Memory
System Clock and Clock Options
- Clock Systems and their Distribution
- Clock Sources
- Crystal Oscillator
- Low-frequency Crystal Oscillator
- External RC Oscillator
- Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator
  - Oscillator Calibration Register – OSCCAL
- External Clock
- Timer/Counter Oscillator
Power Management and Sleep Modes
- MCU Control Register – MCUCR
- Idle Mode
- ADC Noise Reduction Mode
- Power-down Mode
- Power-save Mode
- Standby Mode
- Minimizing Power Consumption
System Control and Reset
- Resetting the AVR
- Reset Sources
- Power-on Reset
- External Reset
- Brown-out Detection
- Watchdog Reset
- MCU Control and Status Register – MCUCSR
- Internal Voltage Reference
  - Voltage Reference Enable Signals and Start-up Time
- Watchdog Timer
  - Watchdog Timer Control Register – WDTCR
- Timed Sequences for Changing the Configuration of the Watchdog Timer
  - Safety Level 1 (WDTON Fuse Unprogrammed)
  - Safety Level 2 (WDTON Fuse Programmed)
Interrupts
- Interrupt Vectors in ATmega8
  - Moving Interrupts Between Application and Boot Space
  - General Interrupt Control Register – GICR
I/O Ports
- Introduction
- Ports as General Digital I/O
- Alternate Port Functions
- Register Description for I/O Ports
External Interrupts
- MCU Control Register – MCUCR
- General Interrupt Control Register – GICR
- General Interrupt Flag Register – GIFR
8-bit Timer/Counter0
- Overview
  - Registers
  - Definitions
- Timer/Counter Clock Sources
- Counter Unit
- Operation
- Timer/Counter Timing Diagrams
- 8-bit Timer/Counter Register Description
Timer/Counter0 and Timer/Counter1 Prescalers
- Internal Clock Source
- Prescaler Reset
- External Clock Source
- Special Function IO Register – SFIOR
16-bit Timer/Counter1
- Overview
- Accessing 16-bit Registers
  - Reusing the Temporary High Byte Register
- Timer/Counter Clock Sources
- Counter Unit
- Input Capture Unit
- Output Compare Units
- Compare Match Output Unit
  - Compare Output Mode and Waveform Generation
- Modes of Operation
- Timer/Counter Timing Diagrams
- 16-bit Timer/Counter Register Description
8-bit Timer/Counter2 with PWM and Asynchronous Operation
- Overview
  - Registers
  - Definitions
- Timer/Counter Clock Sources
- Counter Unit
- Output Compare Unit
- Compare Match Output Unit
  - Compare Output Mode and Waveform Generation
- Modes of Operation
- Timer/Counter Timing Diagrams
- 8-bit Timer/Counter Register Description
- Asynchronous Operation of the Timer/Counter
- Timer/Counter Prescaler
  - Special Function IO Register – SFIOR
Serial Peripheral Interface – SPI
- SS Pin Functionality
- Data Modes
USART
- Overview
  - AVR USART vs. AVR UART – Compatibility
- Clock Generation
- Frame Formats
  - Parity Bit Calculation
- USART Initialization
- Data Transmission – The USART Transmitter
- Data Reception – The USART Receiver
- Asynchronous Data Reception
- Multi-processor Communication Mode
  - Using MPCM
- Accessing UBRRH/UCSRC Registers
  - Write Access
  - Read Access
- USART Register Description
- Examples of Baud Rate Setting
Two-wire Serial Interface
- Features
- Two-wire Serial Interface Bus Definition
  - TWI Terminology
  - Electrical Interconnection
- Data Transfer and Frame Format
- Multi-master Bus Systems, Arbitration and Synchronization
- Overview of the TWI Module
- TWI Register Description
- Using the TWI
- Transmission Modes
- Multi-master Systems and Arbitration
Analog Comparator
- Special Function IO Register – SFIOR
- Analog Comparator Control and Status Register – ACSR
- Analog Comparator Multiplexed Input
Analog-to- Digital Converter
- Features
- Starting a Conversion
- Prescaling and Conversion Timing
- Changing Channel or Reference Selection
  - ADC Input Channels
  - ADC Voltage Reference
- ADC Noise Canceler
- ADC Conversion Result
Boot Loader Support – Read- While-Write Self- Programming
- Boot Loader Features
- Application and Boot Loader Flash Sections
  - Application Section
  - BLS – Boot Loader Section
- Read-While-Write and No Read- While-Write Flash Sections
  - RWW – Read-While- Write Section
  - NRWW – No Read- While-Write Section
- Boot Loader Lock Bits
- Entering the Boot Loader Program
  - Store Program Memory Control Register – SPMCR
- Addressing the Flash During Self- Programming
- Self-Programming the Flash
Memory Programming
- Program And Data Memory Lock Bits
- Fuse Bits
  - Latching of Fuses
- Signature Bytes
- Calibration Byte
- Page Size
- Parallel Programming Parameters, Pin Mapping, and Commands
  - Signal Names
- Parallel Programming
- Serial Downloading
- Serial Programming Pin Mapping
Electrical Characteristics – TA = -40°C to 85°C
- Absolute Maximum Ratings*
- DC Characteristics
- External Clock Drive Waveforms
- External Clock Drive
- Two-wire Serial Interface Characteristics
- SPI Timing Characteristics
- ADC Characteristics
Electrical Characteristics – TA = -40°C to 105°C
- Absolute Maximum Ratings*
- DC Characteristics TA = -40°C to 105°C, VCC = 2.7V to 5.5V (unless otherwise noted)
ATmega8 Typical Characteristics – TA = -40°C to 85°C
- Active Supply Current
- Idle Supply Current
- Power-down Supply Current
- Power-save Supply Current
- Standby Supply Current
- Pin Pull-up
- Pin Driver Strength
- Pin Thresholds and Hysteresis
- Bod Thresholds and Analog Comparator Offset
- Internal Oscillator Speed
- Current Consumption of Peripheral Units
- Current Consumption in Reset and Reset Pulsewidth
ATmega8 Typical Characteristics – TA = -40°C to 105°C
- Active Supply Current
- Idle Supply Current
- Power-down Supply Current
- Pin Pull-up
- Pin Driver Strength
- Pin Thresholds and Hysteresis
- Bod Thresholds and Analog Comparator Offset
- Internal Oscillator Speed
- Current Consumption of Peripheral Units
- Current Consumption in Reset and Reset Pulsewidth
Register Summary
Instruction Set Summary
Ordering Information
Packaging Information
- 32A
- 28P3
- 32M1-A
Errata
- ATmega8 Rev. D to I, M
Datasheet Revision History
- Changes from Rev. 2486Z- 02/11 to Rev. 2486AA- 02/2013
- Changes from Rev. 2486Y- 10/10 to Rev. 2486Z- 02/11
- Changes from Rev. 2486X- 06/10 to Rev. 2486Y- 10/10
- Changes from Rev. 2486W- 02/10 to Rev. 2486X- 06/10
- Changes from Rev. 2486V- 05/09 to Rev. 2486W- 02/10
- Changes from Rev. 2486U- 08/08 to Rev. 2486V- 05/09
- Changes from Rev. 2486T- 05/08 to Rev. 2486U- 08/08
- Changes from Rev. 2486S- 08/07 to Rev. 2486T- 05/08
- Changes from Rev. 2486R- 07/07 to Rev. 2486S- 08/07
- Changes from Rev. 2486Q- 10/06 to Rev. 2486R- 07/07
- Changes from Rev. 2486P- 02/06 to Rev. 2486Q- 10/06
- Changes from Rev. 2486O-10/04 to Rev. 2486P- 02/06
- Changes from Rev. 2486N-09/04 to Rev. 2486O-10/04
- Changes from Rev. 2486M-12/03 to Rev. 2486N-09/04
- Changes from Rev. 2486L-10/03 to Rev. 2486M-12/03
- Changes from Rev. 2486K-08/03 to Rev. 2486L-10/03
- Changes from Rev. 2486J-02/03 to Rev. 2486K-08/03
- Changes from Rev. 2486I-12/02 to Rev. 2486J-02/03
- Changes from Rev. 2486H-09/02 to Rev. 2486I-12/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486G-09/02 to Rev. 2486H-09/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486F-07/02 to Rev. 2486G-09/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486E-06/02 to Rev. 2486F-07/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486D-03/02 to Rev. 2486E-06/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486C-03/02 to Rev. 2486D-03/02
- Changes from Rev. 2486B-12/01 to Rev. 2486C-03/02
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ATmega8(L)

See Table 78 on page 205 and Table 79 on page 205 for how the different settings of the Boot

Loader Bits affect the Flash access.

If bits 5..2 in R0 are cleared (zero), the corresponding Boot Lock bit will be programmed if an

SPM instruction is executed within four cycles after BLBSET and SPMEN are set in SPMCR.

The Z-pointer is don’t care during this operation, but for future compatibility it is recommended to

load the Z-pointer with 0x0001 (same as used for reading the Lock Bits). For future compatibility

It is also recommended to set bits 7, 6, 1, and 0 in R0 to “1” when writing the Lock Bits. When

programming the Lock Bits the entire Flash can be read during the operation.

EEPROM Write

Prevents Writing to

SPMCR

Note that an EEPROM write operation will block all software programming to Flash. Reading the

Fuses and Lock Bits from software will also be prevented during the EEPROM write operation. It

is recommended that the user checks the status bit (EEWE) in the EECR Register and verifies

that the bit is cleared before writing to the SPMCR Register.

Reading the Fuse and

Lock Bits from

Software

It is possible to read both the Fuse and Lock Bits from software. To read the Lock Bits, load the

Z-pointer with 0x0001 and set the BLBSET and SPMEN bits in SPMCR. When an LPM instruc-

tion is executed within three CPU cycles after the BLBSET and SPMEN bits are set in SPMCR,

the value of the Lock Bits will be loaded in the destination register. The BLBSET and SPMEN

bits will auto-clear upon completion of reading the Lock Bits or if no LPM instruction is executed

within three CPU cycles or no SPM instruction is executed within four CPU cycles. When BLB-

SET and SPMEN are cleared, LPM will work as described in the Instruction set Manual.

The algorithm for reading the Fuse Low bits is similar to the one described above for reading the

Lock Bits. To read the Fuse Low bits, load the Z-pointer with 0x0000 and set the BLBSET and

SPMEN bits in SPMCR. When an LPM instruction is executed within three cycles after the BLB-

SET and SPMEN bits are set in the SPMCR, the value of the Fuse Low bits (FLB) will be loaded

in the destination register as shown below. Refer to Table 88 on page 217 for a detailed descrip-

tion and mapping of the fuse low bits.

Similarly, when reading the Fuse High bits, load 0x0003 in the Z-pointer. When an LPM instruc-

tion is executed within three cycles after the BLBSET and SPMEN bits are set in the SPMCR,

the value of the Fuse High bits (FHB) will be loaded in the destination register as shown below.

Refer to Table 87 on page 216 for detailed description and mapping of the fuse high bits.

Fuse and Lock Bits that are programmed, will be read as zero. Fuse and Lock Bits that are

unprogrammed, will be read as one.

Preventing Flash

Corruption

During periods of low V

CC,

the Flash program can be corrupted because the supply voltage is too

low for the CPU and the Flash to operate properly. These issues are the same as for board level

systems using the Flash, and the same design solutions should be applied.

A Flash program corruption can be caused by two situations when the voltage is too low. First, a

regular write sequence to the Flash requires a minimum voltage to operate correctly. Secondly,

the CPU itself can execute instructions incorrectly, if the supply voltage for executing instructions

is too low.

Bit 76543210

Rd – – BLB12 BLB11 BLB02 BLB01 LB2 LB1

Bit 76543210

Rd FLB7 FLB6 FLB5 FLB4 FLB3 FLB2 FLB1 FLB0

Bit 76543210

Rd FHB7 FHB6 FHB5 FHB4 FHB3 FHB2 FHB1 FHB0