Hello,
first of all thanks for your great dev support around ATmega328pb.
Is it possible to run the A-star (or any other board with the same MCU) at 8MHz using its internal oscillator via Arduino-IDE? I am asking since the document says that the accuracy improved compared to the Atmega328p https://www.pololu.com/file/0J1464/Atmel-42559-Differences-between-ATmega328P-and-ATmega328PB_ApplicationNote_AT15007.pdf
Which bootloader/fuse settings would need to be taken?
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Robert
Hello, Robert.
Yes it is possible to configure the A-Star 328PB Micro modules to run at 8 MHz using the ATmega328PB’s internal RC oscillator. You would need to set the CKSEL fuse to use the internal oscillator as a clock source and set the CKDIV8 fuse to 1 (unprogrammed). You can find more details about these fuses in the ATmega328PB datasheet.
Configuring the fuse bits and bootloader through the Arduino IDE is not straightforward. I suggest using AVRDUDE to do that instead of the Arduino IDE.
We do have an 8 MHz version of the A-Star 328PB Micro module. Is there a particular reason why you want to mess with the AVR fuses instead of using the A-Star 328PB Micro - 3.3V, 8MHz board?
- Amanda
