
- •Features
- •Pin Configuration
- •Description
- •Pin Descriptions
- •Port B (PB5..PB0)
- •Analog Pins
- •Internal Oscillators
- •Register Indirect
- •I/O Direct
- •I/O Memory
- •The Status Register – SREG
- •ATtiny15L Reset Sources
- •Power-on Reset
- •External Reset
- •Brown-out Detection
- •Watchdog Reset
- •Interrupt Handling
- •Interrupt Response Time
- •External Interrupt
- •Pin Change Interrupt
- •Sleep Modes
- •Idle Mode
- •ADC Noise Reduction Mode
- •Power-down Mode
- •Internal PLL for Fast Peripheral Clock Generation
- •Timer/Counters
- •The Timer Counter 0 – TCNT0
- •The Timer/Counter1 – TCNT1
- •Timer/Counter1 in PWM Mode
- •The Watchdog Timer
- •The Analog Comparator
- •Features
- •Operation
- •ADLAR = 0
- •ADLAR = 1
- •Scanning Multiple Channels
- •ADC Characteristics
- •I/O Port B
- •PORT B as General Digital I/O
- •Alternate Functions of Port B
- •Fuse Bits
- •Signature Bytes
- •Calibration Byte
- •Programming the Flash
- •High-voltage Serial Programming
- •Data Polling
- •Electrical Characteristics
- •Absolute Maximum Ratings
- •ATtiny15L Register Summary
- •Ordering Information
- •Packaging Information

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I/O Port B |
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All AVR ports have true read-modify-write functionality when used as general digital I/O |
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ports. This means that the direction of one port pin can be changed without unintention- |
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ally changing the direction of any other pin with the SBI and CBI instructions. The same |
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applies for changing drive value (if configured as output) or enabling/disabling of pull-up |
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resistors (if configured as input). |
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Port B is a 6-bit bi-directional I/O port. |
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Three data memory address locations are allocated for Port B, one each for the Data |
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Register – PORTB, $18, Data Direction Register – DDRB, $17, and the Port B Input |
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Pins – PINB, $16. The Port B Input Pins address is read-only, while the Data Register |
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and the Data Direction Register are read/write. |
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Ports PB5..0 have special functions as described in the section “Pin Descriptions” on |
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page 4. If PB5 is not configured as external reset, it is input with no pull-up or as an |
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open-drain output. All I/O pins have individually selectable pull-ups, which can be over- |
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ridden with pull-up disable. |
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The Port B output buffers on PB0 to PB4 can sink 20 mA and thus drive LED displays |
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directly. PB5 can sink 12 mA. When pins PB0 to PB4 are used as inputs and are exter- |
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nally pulled low, they will source current (IIL) if the internal pull-ups are activated. |
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In ATtiny15L four Port B pins – PB2, PB3, PB4, and PB5 – have alternative functions as |
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Port B |
inputs for the ADC. If some Port B pins are configured as outputs, it is essential that |
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these do not switch when a conversion is in progress. This might corrupt the result of the |
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conversion. During Power-down mode and ADC Noise Reduction mode, the Schmitt |
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triggers of the digital inputs are disconnected on these pins. This allows an analog input |
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voltage close to VCC/2 to be present during Power-down without causing excessive |
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power consumption. The Port B pins with alternate functions are shown in Table 1 on |
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page 4. |
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When the pins PB4..0 are used for the alternate function, the DDRB and PORTB regis- |
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ters have to be set according to the alternate function description. When PB5 is used as |
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external reset pin, the values in the corresponding DDRB and PORTB bit are ignored. |
The Port B Data Register –
PORTB
The Port B Data Direction
Register – DDRB
The Port B Input Pins Address
– PINB
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5 |
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1 |
0 |
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$18 |
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PORTB4 |
PORTB3 |
PORTB2 |
PORTB1 |
PORTB0 |
PORTB |
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Read/Write |
R |
R |
R |
R/W |
R/WS |
R/W |
R/W |
R/W |
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Initial Value |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Bit |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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$17 |
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DDB5 |
DDB4 |
DDB3 |
DDB2 |
DDB1 |
DDB0 |
DDRB |
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Read/Write |
R |
R |
R/W |
R/W |
R/W |
R/W |
R/W |
R/W |
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Initial Value |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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Bit |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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PINB5 |
PINB4 |
PINB3 |
PINB2 |
PINB1 |
PINB0 |
PINB |
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Read/Write |
R |
R |
R |
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R |
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R |
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Initial Value |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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The Port B Input Pins address (PINB) is not a register, and this address enables access to the physical value on each Port B pin. When reading PORTB, the PORTB Data Latch is read, and when reading PINB, the logical values present on the pins are read.
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PORT B as General Digital I/O The lower five pins in Port B are equal when used as digital I/O pins.
PBn, general I/O pin: The DDBn bit in the DDRB register selects the direction of this pin. If DDBn is set (one), PBn is configured as an output pin. If DDBn is cleared (zero), PBn is configured as an input pin. If PORTBn is set (one) when the pin is configured as an input pin, the MOS pull-up resistor is activated. To switch the pull-up resistor off, the PORTBn has to be cleared (zero) or the pin has to be configured as an output pin. Pullups for all ports can be disabled also by setting PUD-bit in the MCUCR register.
Table 22. DDBn Effects on Port B Pins(1)
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Pull-up |
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Input |
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Tri-state (High-Z) |
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Input |
No |
PUD bit in the MCUCR register is set. |
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Input |
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PBn will source current if ext. pulled low. |
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PUD bit in the MCUCR register is cleared. |
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Output |
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Push-pull Zero Output |
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1 |
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Output |
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Push-pull One Output |
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Note: |
1. n: 4,3…0, pin number. |
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On ATtiny15L, PB5 is input or open-drain output. Because this pin is used for 12V programming, there is no ESD protection diode limiting the voltage on the pin to VCC + 0.5V. Thus, special care should be taken to ensure that the voltage on this pin does not rise above VCC + 1V during normal operation. This may cause the MCU to reset or enter programming mode unintentionally.
All Port B pins are connected to a pin change detector that can trigger the pin change interrupt. See “Pin Change Interrupt” on page 21 for details.
Alternate Functions of Port B The alternate pin functions of Port B are:
• RESET – PORT B, Bit 5
When the RSTDISBL fuse is unprogrammed, this pin serves as External Reset. When the RSTDISBL fuse is programmed, this pin is a general input pin or a open-drain output pin. If DDB5 is cleared (zero), PB5 is configured as an input pin. If DDB5 is set (one), the pin is a open-drain output.
• SCK/INT0/T0 – PORT B, Bit 2
In Serial Programming mode, this pin serves as the serial clock input, SCK.
In normal mode, this pin can serve as the external interrupt0 input. See the interrupt description for details on how to enable this interrupt. Note that activity on this pin will trigger the interrupt even if the pin is configured as an output.
In normal mode, this pin can serve as the external counter clock input. See the Timer/Counter0 description for further details. If external Timer/Counter clocking is selected, activity on this pin will clock the counter even if it is configured as an output.
• MISO/OC1A/AIN1 – PORT B, Bit 1
In Serial Programming mode, this pin serves as the serial data output, MISO.
In normal mode, this pin can serve as Timer/Counter1 output compare match output (OC1A). See the Timer/Counter1 description for further details, and how to enable the output. The OC1A pin is also the output pin for PWM mode timer function.
This pin also serves as the negative input of the On-chip Analog Comparator.
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• MOSI/AIN0/AREF – PORT B, Bit 0
In Serial Programming mode, this pin serves as the serial data input, MOSI.
In normal mode, this pin also serves as the positive input of the On-chip Analog Comparator.
In ATtiny15L, this pin can be chosen to be the reference voltage for the ADC. Refer to the section “The Analog-to-Digital Converter, Analog Multiplexer, and Gain Stages” for details.
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Memory
Programming
Program and Data
Memory Lock Bits
Fuse Bits
Signature Bytes
The ATtiny15L MCU provides two Lock bits that can be left unprogrammed, “1”, or can be programmed, “0”, to obtain the additional features listed in Table 23. The Lock bits can only be erased with the Chip Erase command.
Table 23. Lock Bit Protection Modes
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Mode |
LB1 |
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Protection Type |
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1 |
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No memory lock features enabled. |
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2 |
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1 |
Further programming of the Flash and EEPROM is disabled. |
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3 |
0 |
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Same as mode 2, but verify is also disabled. |
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The ATtiny15L has six Fuse bits (BODLEVEL, BODEN, SPIEN, RSTDSBL, and CKSEL1..0). All the Fuse bits are programmable in both High-voltage and Low-voltage Serial Programming modes. Changing the Fuses does not have effect while in programming mode.
•The BODLEVEL Fuse selects the Brown-out Detection level and changes the startup times. See “Brown-out Detection” on page 16. See Table 5 on page 14. Default value is programmed “0”.
•When the BODEN Fuse is programed “0”, the Brown-out Detector is enabled. See “Brown-out Detection” on page 16. Default value is unprogrammed “1”.
•When the SPIEN Fuse bit is programmed “0”, Low-voltage Serial Program and Data Downloading is enabled. Default value is programmed “0”. Unprogramming this fuse while in the Low-voltage Serial Programming mode will disable future In-System downloading attempts.
•When the RSTDISBL Fuse is programmed “0”, the External Reset function of pin PB5 is disabled(1). Default value is unprogrammed “1”. Programming this fuse while in the Low-voltage Serial Programming mode will disable future In-System downloading attempts.
•CKSEL1..0 Fuses: See Table 5 on page 14 for which combination of CKSEL1..0 to use. Default value is “00”, 64 ms + 18 CK.
The status of the Fuse bits is not affected by Chip Erase.
Note: 1. If the RSTDISBL Fuse is programmed, then the programming hardware should apply +12V to PB5 while the ATtiny15L is in Power-on Reset. If not, the part can fail to enter programming mode caused by drive contention on PB0 and/or PB5.
All Atmel microcontrollers have a three-byte signature code that identifies the device.
The three bytes reside in a separate address space, and for the ATtiny15L they are:
1.$000 : $1E (indicates manufactured by Atmel)
2.$001 : $90 (indicates 1 Kb Flash memory)
3.$002 : $06 (indicates ATtiny15L device when $001 is $90)
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