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question about atmega microcontroller

HillsHills Posts: 13
edited 2006-03-10 05:09 in General Discussion
Hi

I was reading the documentation about an ATMEGA microcontroller and then I saw this :

PROGRAM EXECUTION SPEED : 60 microseconds per 16 bit integer add/subtract

I don't know what it really meens unless the speed of the microcontroller. I really don't understand this description and I would like someone to help me, explain what it meens in details or sending me links to web pages that could help me.

Thanks

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  • Fe2o3FishFe2o3Fish Posts: 170
    edited 2006-03-09 17:05
    This is probably not the right place to ask questions about "unrelated" controller chips.
    Parallax uses Scenix and MicroChip controllers but nothing from the Atmel product list
    that I'm aware of.

    >>>PROGRAM EXECUTION SPEED : 60 microseconds per 16 bit integer add/subtract

    What this means is that the ATMEGA microcontroller can perform a 16-bit integer add
    or subtract instruction in 0.000060-seconds, or 60-microseconds. Said another way,
    the ATMEGA microcontroller can perform about 16,667 additions (or subtractions) with
    16-bit integers in a second.

    Naturally, this will be dependent upon the clock oscillator attached to the chip.

    Questions regarding Atmel's ATMEGA line of controllers would be best directed on the
    forums at http://www.avrfreaks.net . They's good folks over there too! You'll catch
    me over there too.

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  • Paul BakerPaul Baker Posts: 6,351
    edited 2006-03-09 21:54
    Fe2o3Fish said...
    This is probably not the right place to ask questions about "unrelated" controller chips.
    Parallax uses Scenix and MicroChip controllers but nothing from the Atmel product list
    that I'm aware of.
    This is true, not only does this question not belong in this specific forum (If you read the sticky note for this forum you'll see this forum is for completed projects), but none of the Forums at this site is the correct place to ask this question, the Sandbox would be the closest place, but they have redefined the criteria for the Sandbox to be "Topics related to the use of Parallax products but not spedifically addressed by an individual forum".

    Goto the avrfreaks forums to ask your question.

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  • Jon WilliamsJon Williams Posts: 6,491
    edited 2006-03-10 05:08
    This question is in no way related to Parallax, so the thread is being locked.· As Paul points out in his response there is a better resource for information on other microcontrollers.

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    Applications Engineer, Parallax
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-03-10 05:09
    This post is off-topic in this forum and is being locked and moved to the Sandbox Forum.

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