ATmega324PA Atmel Corporation, ATmega324PA Datasheet - Page 45

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATmega324PA
• Manufacturer: Atmel Corporation

Specifications of ATmega324PA

• Flash (kbytes): 32 Kbytes
• Pin Count: 44
• Max. Operating Frequency: 20 MHz
• Cpu: 8-bit AVR
• # Of Touch Channels: 16
• Hardware Qtouch Acquisition: No
• Max I/o Pins: 32
• Ext Interrupts: 32
• Usb Speed: No
• Usb Interface: No
• Spi: 3
• Twi (i2c): 1
• Uart: 2
• Graphic Lcd: No
• Video Decoder: No
• Camera Interface: No
• Adc Channels: 8
• Adc Resolution (bits): 10
• Adc Speed (ksps): 15
• Analog Comparators: 1
• Resistive Touch Screen: No
• Temp. Sensor: No
• Crypto Engine: No
• Sram (kbytes): 2
• Eeprom (bytes): 1024
• Self Program Memory: YES
• Dram Memory: No
• Nand Interface: No
• Picopower: Yes
• Temp. Range (deg C): -40 to 85
• I/o Supply Class: 1.8 to 5.5
• Operating Voltage (vcc): 1.8 to 5.5
• Fpu: No
• Mpu / Mmu: no / no
• Timers: 3
• Output Compare Channels: 6
• Input Capture Channels: 1
• Pwm Channels: 6
• 32khz Rtc: Yes
• Calibrated Rc Oscillator: Yes

10.10 Power Reduction Register
10.11 Minimizing Power Consumption
10.11.1
10.11.2
10.11.3
10.11.4
8272C–AVR–06/11
Analog to Digital Converter
Analog Comparator
Brown-out Detector
Internal Voltage Reference
The Power Reduction Register(PRR), see
provides a method to stop the clock to individual peripherals to reduce power consumption. The
current state of the peripheral is frozen and the I/O registers can not be read or written.
Resources used by the peripheral when stopping the clock will remain occupied, hence the
peripheral should in most cases be disabled before stopping the clock. Waking up a peripheral,
which is done by clearing the bit in PRR, puts the peripheral in the same state as before
shutdown.
Peripheral shutdown can be used in Idle mode and Active mode to significantly reduce the over-
all power consumption. In all other sleep modes, the clock is already stopped.
There are several issues to consider when trying to minimize the power consumption in an AVR
controlled system. In general, sleep modes should be used as much as possible, and the sleep
mode should be selected so that as few as possible of the device’s functions are operating. All
functions not needed should be disabled. In particular, the following modules may need special
consideration when trying to achieve the lowest possible power consumption.
If enabled, the ADC will be enabled in all sleep modes. To save power, the ADC should be dis-
abled before entering any sleep mode. When the ADC is turned off and on again, the next
conversion will be an extended conversion. Refer to
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When entering Idle mode, the Analog Comparator should be disabled if not used. When entering
ADC Noise Reduction mode, the Analog Comparator should be disabled. In other sleep modes,
the Analog Comparator is automatically disabled. However, if the Analog Comparator is set up
to use the Internal Voltage Reference as input, the Analog Comparator should be disabled in all
sleep modes. Otherwise, the Internal Voltage Reference will be enabled, independent of sleep
mode. Refer to
log Comparator.
If the Brown-out Detector is not needed by the application, this module should be turned off. If
the Brown-out Detector is enabled by the BODLEVEL Fuses, it will be enabled in all sleep
modes, and hence, always consume power. In the deeper sleep modes, this will contribute sig-
nificantly to the total current consumption. Refer to
on how to configure the Brown-out Detector.
The Internal Voltage Reference will be enabled when needed by the Brown-out Detection, the
Analog Comparator or the ADC. If these modules are disabled as described in the sections
above, the internal voltage reference will be disabled and it will not be consuming power. When
turned on again, the user must allow the reference to start up before the output is used. If the
reference is kept on in sleep mode, the output can be used immediately. Refer to
age Reference” on page 54
for details on ADC operation.
ATmega164A/PA/324A/PA/644A/PA/1284/P
”AC - Analog Comparator” on page 240
for details on the start-up time.
”PRR0 – Power Reduction Register 0” on page
”Brown-out Detection” on page 53
”ADC - Analog-to-digital Converter” on page
for details on how to configure the Ana-
”Internal Volt-
for details
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