Datasheet

2586D–AVR–02/06

ATtiny25/45/85

7.2 Clock Sources

The device has the following clock source options, selectable by Flash Fuse bits as shown

below. The clock from the selected source is input to the AVR clock generator, and routed to the

appropriate modules.

Note: 1. For all fuses “1” means unprogrammed while “0” means programmed.

The various choices for each clocking option is given in the following sections. When the CPU

wakes up from Power-down, the selected clock source is used to time the start-up, ensuring sta-

ble Oscillator operation before instruction execution starts. When the CPU starts from reset,

there is an additional delay allowing the power to reach a stable level before commencing nor-

mal operation. The Watchdog Oscillator is used for timing this real-time part of the start-up time.

The number of WDT Oscillator cycles used for each time-out is shown in Table 7-2.

7.3 Default Clock Source

The device is shipped with CKSEL = “0010”, SUT = “10”, and CKDIV8 programmed. The default

clock source setting is therefore the Internal RC Oscillator running at 8 MHz with longest start-up

time and an initial system clock prescaling of 8. This default setting ensures that all users can

make their desired clock source setting using an In-System or High-voltage Programmer.

7.4 Crystal Oscillator

XTAL1 and XTAL2 are input and output, respectively, of an inverting amplifier which can be con-

figured for use as an On-chip Oscillator, as shown in Figure 7-3. Either a quartz crystal or a

ceramic resonator may be used.

C1 and C2 should always be equal for both crystals and resonators. The optimal value of the

capacitors depends on the crystal or resonator in use, the amount of stray capacitance, and the

electromagnetic noise of the environment. Some initial guidelines for choosing capacitors for

use with crystals are given in Table 7-3. For ceramic resonators, the capacitor values given by

the manufacturer should be used.

Table 7-1. Device Clocking Options Select

(1)

Device Clocking Option CKSEL3:0

External Clock 0000

PLL Clock 0001

Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator 8.0 MHz 0010

Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator 6.4 MHz 0011

Watchdog Oscillator 128 kHz 0100

External Low-frequency Oscillator 0110

External Crystal/Ceramic Resonator 1000-1111

Reserved 0101, 0111

Table 7-2. Number of Watchdog Oscillator Cycles

Typ Time-out Number of Cycles

4 ms 512

64 ms 8K (8,192)