PIC32MX Oscillator - Reference Clock

Reference Clock

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The Reference Clock can be used to drive the SPI peripheral or to generate a clock on the Reference Clock Output (REFCLKO) pin.

The reference clock can be derived from any of the following clock sources: System Phased-Lock Loop, Primary Oscillator, Fast RC, Low-Power RC, USB Phased-Lock Loop output (96 MHz), Secondary Oscillator, System Clock, Peripheral Bus Clock, and Reference Clock input.

Each reference clock has a high-precision divider based on this formula:

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  • refOscDiv can be any integer from 1 to 32768,
    • when refOscDiv = 0, the output clock = the input clock.
  • trimValue can be any integer from 1 to 512.
// ref clock base = FRC
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOscBaseClockSelect (OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1, OSC_REF_BASECLOCK_FRC);
// disable ref clock
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOscDisable(OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1);
// enable ref clock
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOscEnable(OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1);
// refOscDiv = 32768
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOscDivisorValueSet (OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1, 32768);
// trimValue = 256
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOscTrimSet(OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1, 256);
// ref clock is driven out REFCLKO pin
PLIB_OSC_ReferenceOutputEnable(OSC_ID_0, OSC_REFERENCE_1);
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