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Figure 8-6.
Brown-out Reset During Operation
8.3
Internal Voltage Reference
ATtiny40 features an internal bandgap reference. This reference is used for Brown-out Detection, and it can be
used as an input to the Analog Comparator or the ADC. The bandgap voltage varies with supply voltage and
temperature.
8.3.1
Voltage Reference Enable Signals and Start-up Time
The voltage reference has a start-up time that may influence the way it should be used. The start-up time is given
erence is on during the following situations:
1.
When the BOD is enabled (by programming the BODLEVEL[2:0] Fuse).
2.
When the internal reference is connected to the Analog Comparator (by setting the ACBG bit in ACSR).
3.
When the ADC is enabled.
Thus, when the BOD is not enabled, after setting the ACBG bit or enabling the ADC, the user must always allow
the reference to start up before the output from the Analog Comparator or ADC is used. To reduce power con-
sumption in Power-down mode, the user can avoid the three conditions above to ensure that the reference is
turned off before entering Power-down mode.
8.4
Watchdog Timer
The Watchdog Timer is clocked from an on-chip oscillator, which runs at 128 kHz. See
Figure 8-7. By controlling
the Watchdog Timer prescaler, the Watchdog Reset interval can be adjusted as shown in
Table 8-2 on page 34.The WDR – Watchdog Reset – instruction resets the Watchdog Timer. The Watchdog Timer is also reset when it is
disabled and when a device reset occurs. Ten different clock cycle periods can be selected to determine the reset
period. If the reset period expires without another Watchdog Reset, the ATtiny40 resets and executes from the
VCC
RESET
TIME-OUT
INTERNAL
RESET
VBOT-
VBOT+
tTOUT