PIC32MZ Oscillator - System Clock (SYSCLK)

System Clock (SYSCLK) Generation

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The System Clock provides the time base for the peripheral clocks, DMA, interrupts, and Flash. SYSCLK is determined from one of the input clocks: SPLL, POSC, FRCDIV, LPRC, BFRC, and SOSC.

The PIC32MX uses SYSCLK to drive the core. This is NOT true for the PIC32MZ. The PIC32MZ core clock is provided by Peripheral Bus Clock #7 (PBCLK7).

You cannot choose to use the BFRC for SYSCLK. Only the hardware will use this when the Fail-Safe Clock Monitor (FSCM) detects a problem.

The default configuration for SYSCLK is programmable and can also be changed at run-time. See the code examples below.

// default system clock = FRCDIV
#pragma config FNOSC = FRCDIV
// default system clock = SPLL
#pragma config FNOSC = SPLL
...    
// run-time config SYSCLK = FRCDIV
PLIB_OSC_SysClockSelect(OSC_ID_0, OSC_FRC_BY_FRCDIV);
// run-time config SYSCLK = POSC with SPLL
PLIB_OSC_SysClockSelect(OSC_ID_0, OSC_PRIMARY_WITH_PLL);
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