/** @defgroup boards_atmega328p Standalone ATmega328p @ingroup boards @brief Support for using the ATmega328p as standalone board ## Overview The ATmega328p is most popular in the Arduino UNO. However, the 28 PDIP package of the ATmega328p can easily be used without any "board": Just place it on a bread board, and connect a TTL adapter and an ISP and you're ready to go. The ATmega328p has two internal oscillators, one clocked at 8MHz and one at 128kHz. By default the fuses of the ATmega328p are configured that the internal 8MHz oscillator can be used. This allows the ATmega328p to be operated without any external components at a supply voltage anywhere between 2.7V and 5.5V. \htmlonly\endhtmlonly @image html "https://github.com/maribu/images/raw/master/ATmega328p.jpg" "ATmega328p DIP package on a breadboard"
### MCU | MCU | ATmega328p | |:------------- |:-------------------------------------- | | Family | AVR/ATmega | | Vendor | Microchip (previously Atmel) | | RAM | 2Kb | | Flash | 32Kb | | Frequency | 8MHz (up to 20MHz with external clock) | | Timers | 3 (2x 8bit, 1x 16bit) | | ADCs | 6 analog input pins | | UARTs | 1 | | SPIs | 1 | | I2Cs | 1 (called TWI) | | Vcc | 2.7V - 5.5V (when clocked at 8MHz) | | Datasheet | [Official datasheet](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/ATmega48A-PA-88A-PA-168A-PA-328-P-DS-DS40002061A.pdf) | ### Pinout \htmlonly\endhtmlonly @image html "https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c55beef2f138da61fe671a1e4a307ff4ffbc318d/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f715849456368542e6a7067" "Pinout of the ATmega328p"
All credit for above pinout image goes to https://github.com/MCUdude/MiniCore#pinout ### Clock Frequency The ATmega328p has two internal oscillators clocked at 8MHz and at 128kHz that allow it to be operated without any external clock source or crystal. By default the fuses are configured to use the internal 8MHz oscillator resulting in a clock speed of 8MHz. By setting the `CKDIV8` fuse the clock divider can be enabled to operate the ATmega328p at 1MHz. This "board" is configured to use 8MHz as core clock, so that the ATmega328p can be used without external circuitry and without any changes in the default fuse configuration. By setting the environment variable `ATMEGA328P_CLOCK` to a custom frequency in Hz (e.g. `1000000` for 1MHz), this core clock can be changed easily. Refer to the datasheet on how to configure the ATmega328p to use an external crystal, an external clock source or the clockd divider. ### Relation Between Supply Voltage, Clock Frequency and Power Consumption A higher supply voltage results in a higher current drawn. Thus, lower power consumption can be achieved by using a lower supply voltage. However, higher clock frequencies require higher supply voltages for reliable operation. The lowest possible supply voltage at 8 MHz is 2.7V (with some safety margin), which results in an active supply current of less than 3 mA (about 8 mW power consumption) according to the datasheet. At 1 MHz core clock a supply voltage of 1.8V is possible resulting in an active supply current of less than 0.3 mA (about 0.5 mW power consumption). For more details, refer to the official datasheet. ## Flashing the Device In order to flash the ATmega328P without a bootloader, an ICSP programmer is needed. Connect the programmer as follows: | ISCP pin | ATmega328p pin | |:-------- |:-------------- | | MISO | 18/PB4/MISO | | VCC | 7/VCC | | SCK | 19/PB5/SCK | | MOSI | 17/PB3/MOSI | | RESET | 1/RESET | | Ground | 22/GND | The tool `avrdude` needs to be installed. When using the `usbtiny` (or one of the super cheap clones) running make BOARD=atmega328p flash will take care of everything. To use the programmer `` instead, run make BOARD=atmega328p PROGRAMMER= flash ## Serial Terminal Connect a TTL adapter with pins 2/RXD and 3/TXD an run make BOARD=atmega328p term Please note that the supply voltage should be compatible with the logic level of the TTL adapter. Usually everything between 3.3 V and 5 V should work. ## Caution Don't expect having a working network stack due to very limited resources ;-) */