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XMegaForArduino / arduino

required (and optional) source files for the Arduino development environment, specifically the hardware/arduino sub-directory, to support xmega processors
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Clock set feature to add #39

Open zdjurisic opened 7 years ago

zdjurisic commented 7 years ago

XMega is the first AVR that can set the clock at runtime, rather than burning a fuse. There should be a code (maybe in a form of a library?) that can set the source and the frequency of the clock. Let's discuss a proper way to do it within the scope of XMegaForArduino.

bombasticbob commented 7 years ago

I've considered clock speed reduction code for power savings. problem is that it messes up a lot of things when you do that, from baud rates to PWM to the 'millis()' timer. Good idea, but I've pretty much decided that it's too much for a microcontroller. However, no problem doing an alternate 'core' that supports it, maybe.

basically anything that uses 'F_CPU' to determine the CPU frequency will be affected. And changing it means you have to go back and re-initialize things like serial baud rates while comms are still happening. So yeah, it's a complex thing.

bombasticbob commented 7 years ago

one more thing, it's a good idea, so please don't take it wrong if it really can't be done (easily, without wasting a lot of code space for everything else, etc.).