11.6 Power Consumption vs. Speed

Due to the nature of the asynchronous clocking of the peripherals, users need to consider either targeting a low-power or a fast-acting system. If clocking a peripheral with a very low clock, the active power consumption of the peripheral will be lower. At the same time the synchronization to the synchronous (CPU) clock domain is dependent on the peripheral clock speed, and will be longer with a slower peripheral clock, giving lower response time and more time waiting for the synchronization to complete.