17.5.3.6 Sampling Mode

The Sampling Mode is a Low-Power mode where the BODVDD is being repeatedly enabled on a sampling clock’s ticks. The BODVDD will monitor the supply voltage for a short period of time and then go to a low-power disabled state until the next sampling clock tick.

Sampling mode is enabled in Active mode for BODVDD by writing the ACTCFG bit (BODVDD.ACTCFG = 1). Sampling mode is enabled in Standby mode by writing to the STDBYCFG bit (BODVDD.STBYCFG = 1). The frequency of the clock ticks (F_clksampling) is controlled by the Prescaler Select bit groups in the BODVDD register (BODVDD.PSEL).

F_{c l k s a m p l i n g} = \frac{F_{c l k p r e s c a l e r}}{2^{(PSEL + 1)}}

The prescaler signal (F_clkprescaler) is a 1.024 kHz clock, output by the 32.768 kHz Ultra Low-Power Oscillator OSCULP32K.

As the sampling clock is different from the APB clock domain, synchronization among the clocks is necessary. See also 17.5.5 Synchronization.