SLAU664B February 2016 – August 2017
The MSP-EXP430FR2311 provides an input for an external clock in addition to the internal clocks in the device. No crystal is populated by default to allow all pins to connect to the BoosterPack header. The user can choose to populate any 32.768 kHz crystal that will fit onto the provided footprint. One option is recommended below:
The 32-kHz crystal allows for lower LPM3 sleep currents than do the other low-frequency clock sources. Therefore, the presence of the crystal allows the full range of low-power modes to be used. If using the external Y1 crystal footprint the user will need to remove the 0-ohm resistors R4 and R5 and populate C2 and C3 with the appropriate tuning capacitors for the crystal that is used.
The internal clocks in the device default to the following configuration:
For more information about configuring internal clocks and using the external oscillators, see the MSP430FR4xx and MSP430FR2xx Family User's Guide.