Basic Clock Module Registers

DCOCTL, DCO Control Register

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

DCOx

MODx

rw−0

rw−1

rw−1

rw−0

rw−0

rw−0

rw−0

rw−0

DCOx

Bits

DCO frequency select. These bits select which of the eight discrete DCO

 

7-5

frequencies of the RSELx setting is selected.

MODx

Bits

Modulator selection. These bits define how often the fDCO+1 frequency is

 

4-0

used within a period of 32 DCOCLK cycles. During the remaining clock

 

 

cycles (32−MOD) the f DCO frequency is used. Not useable when DCOx=7.

BCSCTL1, Basic Clock System Control Register 1

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

XT2OFF

XTS

DIVAx

XT5V

RSELx

rw−(1)

rw−(0)

rw−(0)

rw−(0)

rw−0

rw−1

rw−0

rw−0

XT2OFF

Bit 7

XT2 off. This bit turns off the XT2 oscillator

 

 

0

XT2 is on

 

 

1

XT2 is off if it is not used for MCLK or SMCLK.

XTS

Bit 6

LFXT1 mode select.

 

 

0

Low frequency mode

 

 

1

High frequency mode

DIVAx

Bits

Divider for ACLK

 

5-4

00

/1

 

 

01

/2

 

 

10

/4

 

 

11

/8

XT5V

Bit 3

Unused. XT5V should always be reset.

RSELx

Bits

Resistor Select. The internal resistor is selected in eight different steps.

 

2-0

The value of the resistor defines the nominal frequency. The lowest

 

 

nominal frequency is selected by setting RSELx=0.

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Texas Instruments MSP430x1xx manual DCOCTL, DCO Control Register, BCSCTL1, Basic Clock System Control Register

MSP430x1xx specifications

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