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Figure 16-7. ADC Timing Diagram, Free Running Conversion

For a summary of conversion times, see

Table 16-1

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16.6

Changing Channel or Reference Selection

The MUX[2:0] and REFS bits in the ADMUX Register are single buffered through a temporary
register to which the CPU has random access. This ensures that the channels and reference
selection only takes place at a safe point during the conversion. The channel and reference
selection is continuously updated until a conversion is started. Once the conversion starts, the
channel and reference selection is locked to ensure a sufficient sampling time for the ADC. Con-
tinuous updating resumes in the last ADC clock cycle before the conversion completes (ADIF in
ADCSRA is set). Note that the conversion starts on the following rising ADC clock edge after
ADSC is written. The user is thus advised not to write new channel or reference selection values
to ADMUX until one ADC clock cycle after ADSC is written.

If Auto Triggering is used, the exact time of the triggering event can be indeterministic. Special
care must be taken when updating the ADMUX Register, in order to control which conversion
will be affected by the new settings.

Table 16-1.

ADC Conversion Time

Condition

Sample & Hold (Cycles from
Start of Conversion)

Conversion Time (Cycles)

First conversion

13.5

25

Normal conversions

1.5

13

Auto Triggered conversions

2

13.5

Free Running conversion

2.5

14

11

12

13

Sign and MSB of Result

LSB of Result

ADC Clock

ADSC

ADIF

ADCH

ADCL

Cycle Number

1

2

One Conversion

Next Conversion

3

4

Conversion

Complete

Sample & Hold

MUX and REFS
Update

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