When is PLL needed?

cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

When is PLL needed?

510 Views
lpcware
NXP Employee
NXP Employee
Content originally posted in LPCWare by Muis on Fri Oct 04 08:40:23 MST 2013
I always disable PLL to save power, but when do you need it? Only if you want the MCU to run at faster speeds than 12Mhz?
0 Kudos
Reply
1 Reply

501 Views
lpcware
NXP Employee
NXP Employee
Content originally posted in LPCWare by NXP_Paul on Fri Oct 04 10:39:05 MST 2013
Generally, you only need the PLL to run the MCU at faster speeds, or if a peripheral needs to be run at a higher clock speed to meet your requirements.
0 Kudos
Reply