During active functional mode, the Brown-out Detector (BOD33) and the main voltage regulator (VREG) can reduce their power consumption by using a low-power voltage reference (ULPVREF).
The low-power voltage reference is started after power-up and is available when the ULPVREFRDY bit in the STATUS register is high. The ULPVREF Ready (ULPVREFRDY) interrupt can also be used to detect a zero-to-one transition of the STATUS.ULPVREFRDY bit.
Writing the VREF bit in the BOD33 register to '1' selects ULPVREF as voltage reference for the BOD33.