Rainbow Electronics ATtiny861_V User Manual
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ATtiny261/461/861
• Bits 7– BIN: Bipolar Input Mode
The gain stage is working in the unipolar mode as default, but the bipolar mode can be selected
by writing the BIN bit in the ADCSRB register. In the unipolar mode only one-sided conversions
are supported and the voltage on the positive input must always be larger than the voltage on
the negative input. Otherwise the result is saturated to the voltage reference. In the bipolar mode
two-sided conversions are supported and the result is represented in the two’s complement
form. In the unipolar mode the resolution is 10 bits and the bipolar mode the resolution is 9 bits +
1 sign bit.
• Bits 6 – GSEL: Gain Select
The Gain Select bit selects the 32x gain instead of the 20x gain and the 8x gain instead of the 1x
gain when the Gain Select bit is written to one.
• Bits 5 – Res: Reserved Bit
This bit is a reserv ed bit in the ATtiny261/461/861 and will always read as zero.
• Bits 4 – REFS2: Reference Selection Bit
These bit selects either the voltage reference of 1.1 V or 2.56 V for the ADC, as shown in
Table
19-3
. If active channels are used, using AVCC or an external AREF higher than (AVCC - 1V) is
not recommended, as this will affect ADC accuracy. The internal voltage reference options may
not be used if an external voltage is being applied to the AREF pin.
• Bits 3 – MUX5: Analog Channel and Gain Selection Bit 5
The MUX5 bit is the MSB of the Analog Channel and Gain Selection bits. Refer to
Table 19-4
for
details. If this bit is changed during a conversion, the change will not go into effect until this
conversion is complete (ADIF in ADCSRA is set).
• Bits 2:0 – ADTS2:0: ADC Auto Trigger Source
If ADATE in ADCSRA is written to one, the value of these bits selects which source will trigger
an ADC conversion. If ADATE is cleared, the ADTS2:0 settings will have no effect. A conversion
will be triggered by the rising edge of the selected Interrupt Flag. Note that switching from a trig-
ger source that is cleared to a trigger source that is set, will generate a positive edge on the
trigger signal. If ADEN in ADCSRA is set, this will start a conversion. Switching to Free Running
mode (ADTS[2:0]=0) will not cause a trigger event, even if the ADC Interrupt Flag is set
.
Table 19-6.
ADC Auto Trigger Source Selections
ADTS2
ADTS1
ADTS0
Trigger Source
0
0
0
Free Running mode
0
0
1
Analog Comparator
0
1
0
External Interrupt Request 0
0
1
1
Timer/Counter0 Compare Match A
1
0
0
Timer/Counter0 Overflow
1
0
1
Timer/Counter0 Compare Match B
1
1
0
Timer/Counter1 Overflow
1
1
1
Watchdog Interrupt Request