ATmega8(L)
ADC Control and
Status Register A –
ADCSRA
Bit
7
ADEN
R/W
0
6
ADSC
R/W
0
5
ADFR
R/W
0
4
ADIF
R/W
0
3
ADIE
R/W
0
2
ADPS2
R/W
0
1
ADPS1
R/W
0
0
ADPS0
R/W
0
ADCSRA
Read/Write
Initial Value
• 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 initializa-
tion 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 sam-
ples 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. Alter-
natively, 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 Inter-
rupt is activated.
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