[SOLVED] Need to set 20 MHz external crystal to work with Atmega328P

[alfie.max15]

I have been working with my micro-controller for the last 2 months and i have had a bitter experience while setting fuse bits. I had to throw away one...

So now i need to work with an external clock of 20Mhz

i have got a 20MHz crystal and while reading the datasheet i have learned i need to connect it to the xtal1 and xtal2 pins of the uC. and i know that i need to use 22pF capacitors on both pins and then put them to ground...

But i dont know the part where i need to tell the uC that it has to work off the external clock

But even after searching the net and reading the datasheet i am not confident enough to try setting the fuse bits to make my uC work with external clock.

Could anyone here help me out? i really need to do this and after this i do have a few more doubts about this... But first can anyone pls help me set my uC to work with 20MHz crystal

 

[Jestin_cubetech]

try with ponyprog
apply 1Mhz external clock with ground reference to xtal1 pin.
you can easily recover the wrong fuse settings.

 

[alexan_e]

i have had a bitter experience while setting fuse bits. I had to throw away one...

Not really
https://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=106325

 

[alfie.max15]

Thank you guys so much for helping me understand about resetting fuse bits...

But what i want to achieve here right now is...

I want my atmega328P uC to work with 20MHz crystal
https://www.nex-robotics.com/products/electronic-components/crystal/20mhz-half-size.html

so i know i need to connect them across the XTAL1 and XTAL2 pins of the uC... and with 22pF capacitors connected on each pins and grounded...

so now i need to know what fuse bits has to be set...
how to set them?
and the circuit to set it... i mean while setting the fuse bits should i connect the crystal?

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

Crystal will be always connected if you use an external crystal. You set fuses through software. Which compiler are you using and what programmer software are you using? You have to set the clock frequency and other fuse bits in the Compiler or code.

 

[alfie.max15]

http://www.nex-robotics.com/product...and-accessories/nex-avr-usb-isp-stk500v2.html

this is the programmer i am using and...

http://avr8-burn-o-mat.aaabbb.de/avr8_burn_o_mat_avrdude_gui_en.html

this is the software that i am using for burning programs into my uC


and for compiling i am using Atmel Studio 6

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

Why are you not using the programming software that is provided by Nex Robotics? Both the programming software has options to do fuse settings.

 

[alfie.max15]

Why are you not using the programming software that is provided by Nex Robotics? Both the programming software has options to do fuse settings.

i cant use that cos it doest have the Atmega328P listed in its drop down list of all the uC's it can program..

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

Does your Programmer support AtMega328P MCU?

 

[alfie.max15]

**broken link removed**

this is the one that i use... and yes it supports Atmega328P
its just a GUI version of avrdude....

and it does have all options to read fuses and write fuses... but i dont understand what value to set... etc..

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

I didn't ask that. What I asked is whether your USB programmer (Hardware) supports ATMega328P chip programming?

 

[alexan_e]

The program you use has already a graphic interface to make the options.
For 20MHz use


The CKDIV8 is enabled by default and divides the clock by 8, you can either change the fuse of change it in the code of your application

There is also useful fuse calculator you can use
https://www.engbedded.com/fusecalc

 

[alfie.max15]

I didn't ask that. What I asked is whether your USB programmer (Hardware) supports ATMega328P chip programming?

Yes it does... i have been working with the programmer and Atmega328P for the past 2 months... and yes i am able to program my uC with that hardware...

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There is also useful fuse calculator you can use
https://www.engbedded.com/fusecalc

Thanx for this link.... but i dont understand this...

if i want to use the 20MHz crystal...

there is just too many options in the drop down menu for features...

which one should i select...?

 

[alexan_e]

Depending on the option you make the fuses change too.
Select the full swing crystal oscillator tab as shown in my image and use the shown settings.

An alternative way is to enter the high and low fuse valued directly in the hex fuse editor tab


use the online calculator I have posted for the correct values

 

[alfie.max15]

Prob solved....
Now i got my Atmega working on external crystal

Thanx for all your quick help...