35.15 Clock Accuracy with Asynchronous Operation

The factory calibrates the internal oscillator block output (INTOSC). However, the INTOSC frequency may drift as V_DD or temperature changes, which directly affects the asynchronous baud rate. Two methods may be used to adjust the baud rate clock, but both require a reference clock source of some kind.

The first (preferred) method uses the OSCTUNE register to adjust the INTOSC output. Adjusting the value of the OSCTUNE register allows for fine resolution changes to the system clock source. See the “HFINTOSC Frequency Tuning” section for more information.

The other method adjusts the value of the Baud Rate Generator. This can be done automatically with the Auto-Baud Detect feature (see the Auto-Baud Detect section). There may not be fine enough resolution when adjusting the Baud Rate Generator to compensate for a gradual change of the peripheral clock frequency.