24.6 Crystal Error Correction

The prescaler for the RTC and PIT can do internal frequency correction of the crystal clock by using the PPM error value from the Crystal Frequency Calibration (CALIB) register when the Frequency Correction Enable (CORREN) bit in the RTC.CTRLA register is ‘1’.

The CALIB register must be written by the user, based on the information about the frequency error. The correction operation is performed by adding or removing a number of cycles equal to the value given in the Error Correction Value (ERROR) bit field in the CALIB register spread throughout a million-cycle interval.

The correction of the clock will be reflected in the RTC count value available through the Count (RTC.CNT) registers or in the PIT intervals.

If disabling the correction feature, an ongoing correction cycle will be completed before the function is disabled.