27.8.2 ADCSRA – ADC Control and Status Register A

When using the I/O specific commands IN and OUT, the I/O addresses 0x00 - 0x3F must be used. When addressing I/O Registers as data space using LD and ST instructions, 0x20 must be added to these offset addresses.

Name:	ADCSRA
Offset:	0x06
Reset:	0x00
Property:	When addressing I/O Registers as data space the offset address is 0x26


Bit	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
	ADEN	ADSC	ADFR	ADIF	ADIE	ADPSn[2:0]
Access	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bit 7 – ADEN ADC Enable

Writing this bit to one enables the ADC. By writing it to zero, the ADC is turned off. Turning the ADC off while a conversion is in progress, will terminate this conversion.

Bit 6 – ADSC ADC Start Conversion

In Single Conversion mode, write this bit to one to start each conversion. In Free Running mode, write this bit to one to start the first conversion. The first conversion after ADSC has been written after the ADC has been enabled, or if ADSC is written at the same time as the ADC is enabled, will take 25 ADC clock cycles instead of the normal 13. This first conversion performs initialization of the ADC.

ADSC will read as one as long as a conversion is in progress. When the conversion is complete, it returns to zero. Writing zero to this bit has no effect.

Bit 5 – ADFR ADC Free Running Select

When this bit is set (one) the ADC operates in Free Running mode. In this mode, the ADC samples and updates the Data Registers continuously. Clearing this bit (zero) will terminate Free Running mode.

Bit 4 – ADIF ADC Interrupt Flag

This bit is set when an ADC conversion completes and the Data Registers are updated. The ADC Conversion Complete Interrupt is executed if the ADIE bit and the I-bit in SREG are set. ADIF is cleared by hardware when executing the corresponding interrupt Handling Vector. Alternatively, ADIF is cleared by writing a logical one to the flag. Beware that if doing a Read-Modify-Write on ADCSRA, a pending interrupt can be disabled. This also applies if the SBI and CBI instructions are used.

Bit 3 – ADIE ADC Interrupt Enable

When this bit is written to one and the I-bit in SREG is set, the ADC Conversion Complete Interrupt is activated.

Bits 2:0 – ADPSn[2:0] ADC Prescaler Select [n = 2:0]

These bits determine the division factor between the XTAL frequency and the input clock to the ADC.

Table 27-4. ADC Prescaler Selections
ADPS[2:0]	Division Factor
000	2
001	2
010	4
011	8
100	16
101	32
110	64
111	128