Re: [avr-gcc-list] Doubts on ATmega128(L) clock speed

[David VanHorn]

> Curious, what's the reason for this?  Normally, you don't gain much by
> running an AVR at lower clock frequencies, compared to have it running
> as fast as possible (for the desired target voltage), and then put it
> to sleep once the job is done.

In my case, I needed to save power, so I would wake up, run at 16 MHz,
then shut down and max out the Xdiv on the way down.  When sleeping
for days at a time, this makes significant differences in the power
consumption.