34.8.4 Clocks

The SERCOM bus clock (CLK_SERCOM_APB) can be enabled and disabled in the Main Clock Controller. Refer to the Peripheral Clock Masking for details and default status of this clock.

Two generic clocks are used by SERCOM, GCLK_SERCOM_CORE and GCLK_SERCOM_SLOW. The core clock (GCLK_SERCOM_CORE) can clock the I²C when working as a host. The slow clock (GCLK_SERCOM_SLOW) is required only for certain functions, e.g. SMBus timing. These two clocks must be configured and enabled in the Generic Clock Controller (GCLK) before using the I²C.

These generic clocks are asynchronous to the bus clock (CLK_SERCOM_APB). Due to this asynchronicity, writes to certain registers will require synchronization between the clock domains.