
ST72321xx-Auto Supply, reset and clock management
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Crystal/ceramic oscillators
This family of oscillators has the advantage of producing a very accurate rate on the main
clock of the ST7. The selection within a list of four oscillators with different frequency ranges
has to be done by option byte in order to reduce consumption (refer to Section 21.1.1: Flash
configuration on page 223 for more details on the frequency ranges). In this mode of the
multi-oscillator, the resonator and the load capacitors have to be placed as close as possible
to the oscillator pins in order to minimize output distortion and start-up stabilization time.
The loading capacitance values must be adjusted according to the selected oscillator.
These oscillators are not stopped during the RESET phase to avoid losing time in the
oscillator start-up phase.
Internal RC oscillator
This oscillator allows a low cost solution for the main clock of the ST7 using only an internal
resistor and capacitor. Internal RC oscillator mode has the drawback of a lower frequency
accuracy and should not be used in applications that require accurate timing.
In this mode, the two oscillator pins have to be tied to ground.
Table 10. ST7 clock sources
Hardware configuration
External clockCrystal/Ceramic resonatorsInternal RC oscillator
OSC1 OSC2
EXTERNAL
ST7
SOURCE
OSC1 OSC2
LOAD
CAPACITORS
ST7
C
L2
C
L1
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