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ATmega640/V-1280/V-1281/V-2560/V-2561/V [DATASHEET]
2549Q–AVR–02/2014
Note: 1. The baud rate is defined to be the transfer rate in bit per second (bps).
BAUD Baud rate (in bits per second, bps).
f
OSC
System Oscillator clock frequency.
UBRRn Contents of the UBRRHn and UBRRLn Registers, (0-4095).
Some examples of UBRRn values for some system clock frequencies are found in Table 22-9 on page 223.
22.3.2 Double Speed Operation (U2Xn)
The transfer rate can be doubled by setting the U2Xn bit in UCSRnA. Setting this bit only has effect for the asyn-
chronous operation. Set this bit to zero when using synchronous operation.
Setting this bit will reduce the divisor of the baud rate divider from 16 to 8, effectively doubling the transfer rate for
asynchronous communication. Note however that the Receiver will in this case only use half the number of sam-
ples (reduced from 16 to 8) for data sampling and clock recovery, and therefore a more accurate baud rate setting
and system clock are required when this mode is used. For the Transmitter, there are no downsides.
22.3.3 External Clock
External clocking is used by the synchronous slave modes of operation. The description in this section refers to
Figure 22-2 on page 202 for details.
External clock input from the XCKn pin is sampled by a synchronization register to minimize the chance of meta-
stability. The output from the synchronization register must then pass through an edge detector before it can be
used by the Transmitter and Receiver. This process introduces a two CPU clock period delay and therefore the
maximum external XCKn clock frequency is limited by the following equation:
Note that f
osc
depends on the stability of the system clock source. It is therefore recommended to add some margin
to avoid possible loss of data due to frequency variations.
Table 22-1. Equations for Calculating Baud Rate Register Setting
Operating Mode Equation for Calculating Baud Rate
(1)
Equation for Calculating UBRR Value
Asynchronous Normal mode
(U2Xn = 0)
Asynchronous Double Speed
mode (U2Xn = 1)
Synchronous Master mode
BAUD
f
OSC
16 UBRRn 1+
------------------------------------------=
UBRRn
f
OSC
16BAUD
------------------------ 1=
BAUD
f
OSC
8 UBRRn 1+
---------------------------------------=
UBRRn
f
OSC
8BAUD
-------------------- 1=
BAUD
f
OSC
2 UBRRn 1+
---------------------------------------=
UBRRn
f
OSC
2BAUD
-------------------- 1=
f
XCK
f
OSC
4
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