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The document discusses external and brown-out resets for microcontrollers. External reset occurs when a low level signal is detected on the reset pin for longer than the minimum pulse width. Brown-out reset occurs when the supply voltage drops below a fixed trigger level selected by fuses.

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Atmel 0042

The document discusses external and brown-out resets for microcontrollers. External reset occurs when a low level signal is detected on the reset pin for longer than the minimum pulse width. Brown-out reset occurs when the supply voltage drops below a fixed trigger level selected by fuses.

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10.

4 External Reset
An external reset is generated by a low level on the RESET pin. Reset pulses longer than the minimum pulse width (see
Section 28.6 “System and Reset Characteristics” on page 261) will generate a reset, even if the clock is not running. Shorter
pulses are not guaranteed to generate a reset. When the applied signal reaches the reset threshold voltage – VRST – on its
positive edge, the delay counter starts the MCU after the time-out period – tTOUT – has expired. The external reset can be
disabled by the RSTDISBL fuse, see Table 27-7 on page 244.

Figure 10-4. External Reset During Operation


VCC

RESET V RST

tTOUT

TIME-OUT

INTERNAL
RESET

10.5 Brown-out Detection


Atmel® ATmega328P has an on-chip brown-out detection (BOD) circuit for monitoring the VCC level during operation by
comparing it to a fixed trigger level. The trigger level for the BOD can be selected by the BODLEVEL fuses. The trigger level
has a hysteresis to ensure spike free brown-out detection. The hysteresis on the detection level should be interpreted as
VBOT+ = VBOT + VHYST/2 and VBOT– = VBOT – VHYST/2.When the BOD is enabled, and VCC decreases to a value below the
trigger level (VBOT- in Figure 10-5), the brown-out reset is immediately activated. When VCC increases above the trigger level
(VBOT+ in Figure 10-5), the delay counter starts the MCU after the time-out period tTOUT has expired.
The BOD circuit will only detect a drop in VCC if the voltage stays below the trigger level for longer than tBOD given in Section
28.6 “System and Reset Characteristics” on page 261.

Figure 10-5. Brown-out Reset During Operation


VCC
VBOT+
VBOT-

RESET

tTOUT
TIME-OUT

INTERNAL
RESET

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