2.5.1 External Capacitor on AREF Pin

If an external capacitor is used on the analog reference pin (AREF), it must be equal to or larger than 100 nF. Smaller capacitor values can make the AREF buffer unstable with large ringing, which will reduce the accuracy of the ADC.

Work around
None.

Affected Silicon Revisions

ATmega48PB/88PBATmega168PB
Rev. ARev. BRev. KRev. MRev. ARev. BRev. CRev. NRev. O
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