27.8.1 Control A

Name: CTRLA
Offset: 0x00
Reset: 0x00
Property: PAC Write-Protection, Write-Synchronized

Bit 76543210 
    CKSEL  ENABLESWRST 
Access RWRWW 
Reset 000 

Bit 4 – CKSEL Clock Selection

The EIC can be clocked either by GCLK_EIC (when a frequency higher than 32.768 KHz is required for filtering) or by 32KHz_LPCLK (when power consumption is the priority).

This bit is not Write-Synchronized.

ValueDescription
0The EIC is clocked by GCLK_EIC.
1The EIC is clocked by 32KHz_LPCLK.

Bit 1 – ENABLE Enable

Due to synchronization, there is a delay between writing to CTRLA.ENABLE until the peripheral is enabled/disabled. The value written to CTRLA.ENABLE will read back immediately and the Enable bit in the Synchronization Busy register is set (SYNCBUSY.ENABLE=1). SYNCBUSY.ENABLE is cleared when the operation is complete.

This bit is not Enable-Protected.

This bit is Write-Synchronized.

ValueDescription
0The EIC is disabled.
1The EIC is enabled.

Bit 0 – SWRST Software Reset

Writing a ‘0’ to this bit has no effect.

Writing a ‘1’ to this bit resets all registers in the EIC to their initial state, and the EIC is disabled.

Writing a ‘1’ to CTRLA.SWRST will always take precedence, meaning that all other writes in the same write operation are discarded.

Due to synchronization, there is a delay from writing CTRLA.SWRST until the Reset is complete. CTRLA.SWRST and SYNCBUSY.SWRST will both be cleared when the Reset is complete.

This bit is not Enable-Protected.

This bit is Write-Synchronized.

ValueDescription
0There is no ongoing reset operation.
1The reset operation is ongoing.