Datasheet

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ATmega8535(L)
2502K–AVR–10/06
Power Management
and Sleep Modes
Sleep modes enable the application to shut down unused modules in the MCU, thereby
saving power. The AVR provides various sleep modes allowing the user to tailor the
power consumption to the application’s requirements.
To enter any of the six sleep modes, the SE bit in MCUCR must be written to logic one
and a SLEEP instruction must be executed. The SM2, SM1, and SM0 bits in the
MCUCR Register select which sleep mode (Idle, ADC Noise Reduction, Power-down,
Power-save, Standby, or Extended Standby) will be activated by the SLEEP instruction.
See Table 13 for a summary. If an enabled interrupt occurs while the MCU is in a sleep
mode, the MCU wakes up. The MCU is then halted for four cycles in addition to the
start-up time, it executes the interrupt routine, and resumes execution from the instruc-
tion following SLEEP. The contents of the Register File and SRAM are unaltered when
the device wakes up from sleep. If a Reset occurs during sleep mode, the MCU wakes
up and executes from the Reset Vector.
Figure 11 on page 24 presents the different clock systems in the ATmega8535, and
their distribution. The figure is helpful in selecting an appropriate sleep mode.
MCU Control Register –
MCUCR
The MCU Control Register contains control bits for power management.
• Bits 7, 5, 4 – SM2..0: Sleep Mode Select Bits 2, 1, and 0
These bits select between the six available sleep modes as shown in Table 13.
Note: 1. Standby mode and Extended Standby mode are only available with external crystals
or resonators.
• Bit 6 – SE: Sleep Enable
The SE bit must be written to logic one to make the MCU enter the sleep mode when the
SLEEP instruction is executed. To avoid the MCU entering the sleep mode unless it is
the programmers purpose, it is recommended to write the Sleep Enable (SE) bit to one
just before the execution of the SLEEP instruction and to clear it immediately after wak-
ing up.
Bit 76543210
SM2 SE SM1 SM0
ISC11 ISC10 ISC01 ISC00 MCUCR
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value00000000
Table 13. Sleep Mode Select
SM2 SM1 SM0 Sleep Mode
000Idle
0 0 1 ADC Noise Reduction
010Power-down
011Power-save
100Reserved
101Reserved
110Standby
(1)
1 1 1 Extended Standby
(1)