{"id":97950,"date":"2022-10-15T13:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/to-turn-an-attiny817-into-a-150mhz-counter-first-throw-out-the-spec-sheet\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T13:46:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:46:34","slug":"to-turn-an-attiny817-into-a-150mhz-counter-first-throw-out-the-spec-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/to-turn-an-attiny817-into-a-150mhz-counter-first-throw-out-the-spec-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"To Turn An ATtiny817 Into A 150MHz Counter, First Throw Out The Spec Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One generally reads a data sheet in one of two ways. The first is to take every spec at face value, figuring that the engineers have taken everything into account and presented each number as the absolute limit that will prevent the Magic Smoke from escaping. The other way is to throw out the data sheet and just try whatever you want, figuring that the engineers played it as safely as possible.<\/p>\n

The latter case seems to have been the motivation behind pushing an ATtiny way, WAY beyond what the spec sheet says is possible. according to [SM6VFZ], the specs on the ATtiny817 show that the 12-bit timer\/counter D (TCD) should be limited to a measly 32 MHz maximum frequency, above which one is supposed to employ the counter’s internal prescaler. But by using a 10-MHz precision frequency generator as an external clock, [SM6VFZ] found that inputs up to slightly above 151 MHz were countable with 1-Hz precision. Above that point, things started to drift, but that’s still pretty great performance from something cobbled together on an eval board in a decidedly suboptimal way.<\/p>\n

We’d imagine this result could lead to some interesting projects, since the undocumented limit for this timer puts it well within range of multiple amateur radio allocations. Even if it doesn’t prove useful, that’s OK \u2014 just seeing how far things can be pushed is cool too. And it’s not like this is the first time we’ve caught [SM6VFZ] persuading an ATtiny to do unusual things, either.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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One generally reads a data sheet in one of two ways. The first is to take every spec at face value, figuring that the engineers have taken everything into account and presented each number as the absolute limit that will prevent the Magic Smoke from escaping. The other way is to throw out the data …<\/p>\n

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