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ATTINY11

AVR Studio® Compatible

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3.8.2

Analog Reference

Voltage, AREF

Hardware Description

The internal VTARGET has a short circuit protection. If VTARGET is set to be higher

than 0.3V and the master microcontroller measures it to be below 0.3V for a duration of

80 ms, the master microcontroller will shut off the VTARGET and the Internal AREF.

When this happens, the status LED will blink quickly.

If an external VTARGET is used and the external VTARGET is turned off, this will also

be detected by the STK500 as a (false) short circuit. The latter case can be avoided by

lowering the internal VTARGET below 0.3V.

The analog reference voltage (AREF) can supply the reference voltage to the on-chip

A/D Converter on the AVR. If the AREF jumper is mounted, the on-board analog refer-

ence voltage is connected to the AVR’s AREF. The on-board analog reference voltage

can be adjusted from AVR Studio to 0 - 6.0V, but not above VTARGET.

When the AREF jumper is disconnected, AREF voltage must be supplied from an exter-

nal source at the AREF pin on the PORTE/AUX header (Figure 3-6). Figure 3-23

explains AREF jumper options.

When using an external source for AREF, the user must control VTARGET at a higher

voltage level than AREF. This can be controlled easily by reading the VTG value from

AVR Studio before setting AREF.

Figure 3-23. AREF Jumper Options

Jumper Mounted

VTARGET

AREF

RESET

On-board AREF voltage connected (default)

Jumper not Mounted

VTARGET

AREF

RESET

On-board AREF voltage disconnected

The STK500 master microcontroller controls the analog reference voltage using the

internal PWM. The AVR’s AREF signal is also accessible on the PORTE header; this

pin can also be used for external AREF signal. Figure 3-24 shows the internal connec-

tion of the AREF signal.

AVR STK500 User Guide

3-17

1925C–AVR–3/03

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