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6.6
Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator
The calibrated internal RC Oscillator provides an 8.0 MHz clock. The frequency is the nominal
value at 3V and 25°C. If the frequency exceeds the specification of the device (depends on V
CC
),
the CKDIV8 Fuse must be programmed in order to divide the internal frequency by 8 during
start-up.
See “System Clock Prescaler” on page 29.
for more details. This clock may be selected
as the system clock by programming the CKSEL Fuses as shown in
. If selected, it will
operate with no external components. During reset, hardware loads the calibration byte into the
OSCCAL Register and thereby automatically calibrates the RC Oscillator. At 3V and 25°C, this
calibration gives a frequency within ± 1% of the nominal frequency. When this Oscillator is used
as the chip clock, the Watchdog Oscillator will still be used for the Watchdog Timer and for the
Reset Time-out. For more information on the pre-programmed calibration value, see the section
“Calibration Byte” on page 137
.
Note:
1. The device is shipped with this option selected.
When this Oscillator is selected, start-up times are determined by the SUT Fuses as shown in
.
Note:
1. The device is shipped with this option selected.
6.6.1
Oscillator Calibration Register – OSCCAL
• Bits 7..0 – CAL7..0: Oscillator Calibration Value
Writing the calibration byte to this address will trim the internal Oscillator to remove process vari-
ations from the Oscillator frequency. This is done automatically during Chip Reset. When
OSCCAL is zero, the lowest available frequency is chosen. Writing non-zero values to this regis-
ter will increase the frequency of the internal Oscillator. Writing 0xFF to the register gives the
highest available frequency. The calibrated Oscillator is used to time EEPROM and Flash
access. If EEPROM or Flash is written, do not calibrate to more than 8.8 MHz frequency. Other-
wise, the EEPROM or Flash write may fail.
Table 6-6.
Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator Operating Modes
CKSEL3..0
Nominal Frequency
0010
8.0 MHz
Table 6-7.
Start-up Times for the Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator Clock Selection
SUT1..0
Start-up Time
from Power-down
Additional Delay from
Reset (V
CC
= 5.0V)
Recommended Usage
00
6 CK
14CK + 4 ms
BOD enabled
01
6 CK
14CK + 4 ms
Fast rising power
10
6 CK
14CK + 64 ms
Slowly rising power
11
Reserved
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
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