ATmega8515 Atmel Corporation, ATmega8515 Datasheet - Page 35

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATmega8515
• Manufacturer: Atmel Corporation

Specifications of ATmega8515

• Flash (kbytes): 8 Kbytes
• Pin Count: 44
• Max. Operating Frequency: 16 MHz
• Cpu: 8-bit AVR
• # Of Touch Channels: 16
• Hardware Qtouch Acquisition: No
• Max I/o Pins: 35
• Ext Interrupts: 3
• Usb Speed: No
• Usb Interface: No
• Spi: 1
• Uart: 1
• Graphic Lcd: No
• Video Decoder: No
• Camera Interface: No
• Resistive Touch Screen: No
• Temp. Sensor: No
• Crypto Engine: No
• Sram (kbytes): 0.5
• Eeprom (bytes): 512
• Self Program Memory: YES
• Dram Memory: No
• Nand Interface: No
• Picopower: No
• Temp. Range (deg C): -40 to 85
• I/o Supply Class: 2.7 to 5.5
• Operating Voltage (vcc): 2.7 to 5.5
• Fpu: No
• Mpu / Mmu: no / no
• Timers: 2
• Output Compare Channels: 3
• Input Capture Channels: 1
• Pwm Channels: 3
• 32khz Rtc: No
• Calibrated Rc Oscillator: Yes

Flash Clock – clk
Clock Sources
Default Clock Source
Crystal Oscillator
2512K–AVR–01/10
FLASH
The Flash clock controls operation of the Flash interface. The Flash clock is usually
active simultaneously with the CPU clock.
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.
Table 5. Device Clocking Options Select
Note:
The various choices for each clocking option is given in the following sections. When the
CPU wakes up from Power-down or Power-save, the selected clock source is used to
time the start-up, ensuring stable Oscillator operation before instruction execution starts.
When the CPU starts from Reset, there is as an additional delay allowing the power to
reach a stable level before commencing normal 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 6. The frequency of the Watchdog Oscil-
lator is voltage dependent as shown in “ATmega8515 Typical Characteristics” on page
207.
Table 6. Number of Watchdog Oscillator Cycles
The device is shipped with CKSEL = “0001” and SUT = “10”. The default clock source
setting is therefore the Internal RC Oscillator with longest start-up time. This default set-
ting ensures that all users can make their desired clock source setting using an In-
System or Parallel Programming.
XTAL1 and XTAL2 are input and output, respectively, of an inverting amplifier which can
be configured for use as an On-chip Oscillator, as shown in Figure 19. Either a quartz
crystal or a ceramic resonator may be used. The CKOPT Fuse selects between two dif-
ferent Oscillator amplifier modes. When CKOPT is programmed, the Oscillator output
will oscillate will a full rail-to-rail swing on the output. This mode is suitable when operat-
ing in a very noisy environment or when the output from XTAL2 drives a second clock
buffer. This mode has a wide frequency range. When CKOPT is unprogrammed, the
Oscillator has a smaller output swing. This reduces power consumption considerably.
This mode has a limited frequency range and it can not be used to drive other clock
buffers.
For resonators, the maximum frequency is 8 MHz with CKOPT unprogrammed and
16 MHz with CKOPT programmed. C1 and C2 should always be equal for both crystals
and resonators. The optimal value of the capacitors depends on the crystal or resonator
Device Clocking Option
External Crystal/Ceramic Resonator
External Low-frequency Crystal
External RC Oscillator
Calibrated Internal RC Oscillator
External Clock
Typ Time-out (V
1. For all fuses “1” means unprogrammed while “0” means programmed.
4.1 ms
65 ms
CC
= 5.0V)
Typ Time-out (V
(1)
4.3 ms
69 ms
CC
= 3.0V)
ATmega8515(L)
Number of Cycles
64K 65,536)
4K (4,096)
1111 - 1010
1000 - 0101
0100 - 0001
CKSEL3..0
1001
0000
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