Atmel SAM4L Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit Atmel ATSAM4L-XPRO ATSAM4L-XPRO Data Sheet

Product codes
ATSAM4L-XPRO
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42023E–SAM–07/2013
ATSAM4L8/L4/L2
13.6.3
 Digital Frequency Locked Loop (DFLL) Operation
Rev.: 1.1.0.0
The number of DFLLs is device specific. A specific DFLL is referred to as DFLLx, where x can
be any number from 0 to n, where n refers to the last DFLL instance. Refer to the module config-
uration section for details. The DFLLx is controlled by the corresponding DFLLx registers. DFLLx
is disabled by default, but can be enabled to provide a high-frequency source clock for synchro-
nous and generic clocks. 
Features:
• Internal oscillator with no external components
• 20-150MHz output frequency 
• Can operate standalone as a high-frequency programmable oscillator in open loop mode
• Can operate as an accurate frequency multiplier against a known frequency in closed loop 
mode
• Optional spread-spectrum clock generation
• Very high-frequency multiplication supported - can generate all frequencies from a 32KHz 
reference clock
DFLLx can operate in both open loop mode and closed loop mode. In closed loop mode a low-
frequency clock with high accuracy can be used as reference clock to get high accuracy on the
output clock (CLK_DFLLx).
To prevent unexpected writes due to software bugs, write access to the configuration registers is
protected by a locking mechanism. For details refer to 
.
Figure 13-3. Block Diagram
C O A R S E
F IN E
5
8
C L K _ D F L L x
D F L L x
M U L
1 6
C L K _D F L L x_ R E F
F R E Q U E N C Y  
T U N E R
D F L L x L O C K C
D F L L x L O C K F
D F L L x T R A C K O O B
C S T E P
F S T E P
5 + 8
C A L IB
R A N G E
2
4