Low-Power library question

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i'm study the Low-Power library to better undertand how it works.
In this part of code i have some question.

Sometime he uses commands like:

power_timer1_disable();
power_timer0_disable();

but in other part of code, example "TIMER2_OFF":

if (TCCR2B & CS22) clockSource |= (1 << CS22);
if (TCCR2B & CS21) clockSource |= (1 << CS21);
if (TCCR2B & CS20) clockSource |= (1 << CS20);

// Remove the clock source to shutdown Timer2
TCCR2B &= ~(1 << CS22);
TCCR2B &= ~(1 << CS21);
TCCR2B &= ~(1 << CS20);

power_timer2_disable();

he uses the register code and, in the end, the function.

Someone can explain to me why?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 17 '20 at 08:21

It's doing basically this:

clockSource = TCCR2B & (_BV(CS22) | _BV(CS21) | _BV(CS20)); // store prescaler
TCCR2B &= ~(_BV(CS22) | _BV(CS21) | _BV(CS20));             // select "no source" - disable clock source
power_timer2_disable(); // disable whole timer2 in Power Reduction Register

Definition of power_timer2_disable macro is:

#define power_timer2_disable()  (PRR |= (uint8_t)(1 << PRTIM2))

In short, you have to turn off the clock source before the power gets cut off by PRR register (to avoid unexpected behaviour).

Power Reduction Register

The Power Reduction Register (PRR), provides a method to stop the clock to individual peripherals to reduce power consumption. The current state of the peripheral is frozen and the I/O registers can not be read or written. Resources used by the peripheral when stopping the clock will remain occupied, hence the peripheral should in most cases be disabled before stopping the clock. Waking up a module, which is done by clearing the bit in PRR, puts the module in the same state as before shutdown. Module shutdown can be used in Idle mode and Active mode to significantly reduce the overall power consumption. In all other sleep modes, the clock is already stopped.

Thx KIIV! Is it in the datasheet those advice before use the, for example, power_timer2_disable? — MarkCalaway, Oct 16 '18 at 20:29
@MarkCalaway It's definitely mentioned for the ADC module. I didn't checked it for the Timers. — KIIV, Oct 16 '18 at 20:31

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