15.2 Features

The following are key features of the Power Manager module:

  • Reset Control
    • Reset the microcontroller and set it to an initial state according to the Reset source
    • Multiple Reset sources
      • Power Reset sources: POR, BOD12, BOD33
      • User Reset sources: External Reset (RESET), Watchdog Timer Reset, Software Reset
    • Reset Status register for reading the Reset source from the application code
  • Clock Control
    • Controls CPU, AHB and APB system clocks
      • Multiple clock sources and division factor from GCLK
      • Clock prescaler with 1x to 128x division
    • Safe run-time clock switching from GCLK
    • Module-level clock gating through maskable peripheral clocks
  • Power Management Control
    • Sleep modes: Idle, Standby
    • SleepWalking support on GCLK clocks