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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Long term use of TRACECLK</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/40818/long-term-use-of-traceclk</link><description>Hello dev zone ! 
 I shall design a compact hardware solution wich is cost sensitive. 
 I need to use a NRF52832QFAA, I need to provide a 16mhz clock to a hardware peripheral. In this case i expect to save a quartz footprint and BOM impact. 
 
 1 - In</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:23:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/40818/long-term-use-of-traceclk" /><item><title>RE: Long term use of TRACECLK</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/158855?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:23:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:e05edfab-d01d-48df-892f-e24b0e6d2907</guid><dc:creator>Michaud</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your quick tests and response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So , i need a 16Mhz or an Hardware tips ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Long term use of TRACECLK</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/158842?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:45:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:d539eeb4-3830-4d6f-a8fb-5df3471357fb</guid><dc:creator>Sigurd</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
[quote user=""]1 - In my interpretation, it&amp;#39;s not possible to use a PWM à 16Mhz using the 32Mhz HFXO ?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;interpretation is correct. That is not possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
[quote user=""]2- Could i use the&amp;nbsp;TRACECLK PIN and&amp;nbsp;TRACEPORTSPEED configuration register to produce this clock source ?[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;I did some quick tests with this, and I was only able to get the &lt;span&gt;TRACECLK&lt;/span&gt; to output 16Mhz when the debugger was&amp;nbsp;attached. The duty cycle was&amp;nbsp;varying between 65% to 75% , and the frequency was varying between 15.62 MHz and&amp;nbsp;16.67 MHz&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So you will need to use a separate crystal for the external device.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>