AVR088: Migrating between ATmega8535 and

ATmega16

8-bit
Introduction
Microcontroller
This application note is a guide to help current ATmega8535 users convert existing
designs to ATmega16. The information given will also help users migrating from
ATmega16 to ATmega8535. AT90S8535 users should also read the application note
AVR086: Replacing A90S8535 by ATmega8535.
Application
In addition to the differences described in this document, the following features are Note
available on ATmega16:
JTAG Interface (enabled by default)
The electrical characteristics of the two devices are also different. Check the data
sheets for detailed information.

Memory Sizes
Some memories are bigger in the ATmega16. Table 1 is a comparision of the individ-
ual memories.

Table 1. Memory Sizes

ATmega8535 ATmega16

Flash 8k bytes 16k bytes

RAM 512 bytes 1k bytes

EEPROM 512 bytes 512 bytes

The Boot Loader area is also changed. The following must be considered:
Flash page size is 64 words instead of 32 words.
The No-Read-While-Write section starts at word address 0x1C00 instead of
0xC00.

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Interrupt Vectors and The ATmega8535 uses 1-word Interrupt Vectors while the ATmega16 uses 2-word
Interrupt Vectors. 1-word Vectors can only contain RJMP instructions, which can not
Relative Jumps/Calls
reach the entire 8k word memory range of ATmega16.
Since RJMP/RCALL can only jump 2k words in any direction, it wraps around the start
or end of the 4k word Flash of the ATmega8535 to reach the entire memory span. Wrap-
ping RJMP/RCALLs must be changed to JMP/CALLs when using the 8k word
ATmega16.
The compiler or assembler will take care of most of these differences. It will either use
the correct instruction or issue an error message.
The Interrupt tables are equal.

Fuse Bits Two of the Fuse bits are different. Table 2 shows the Fuse bits.

Table 2. Fuse Bit Locations

Bit # ATmega8535 ATmega16

7 S8535C OCDEN

6 WDTON JTAGEN

5 SPIEN SPIEN
Fuse High Byte

4 CKOPT CKOPT

3 EESAVE EESAVE

2 BOOTSZ1 BOOTSZ1

1 BOOTSZ0 BOOTSZ0

0 BOOTRST BOOTRST

7 BODLEVEL BODLEVEL

6 BODEN BODEN

5 SUT1 SUT1
Fuse Low Byte

4 SUT0 SUT0

3 CKSEL3 CKSEL3

2 CKSEL2 CKSEL2

1 CKSEL1 CKSEL1

0 CKSEL0 CKSEL0

Miscellaneous The following applies to ATmega16:

Watchdog Safety Levels not implemented, meaning that the prescaler settings can
be changed without the timed sequence used with ATmega8535.
Watchdog Always On Mode is not implemented.
Note that if the On-chip Debug System is enabled, the main clock will continue
running in all sleep modes. This will contribute significantly to the total current
consumption. Therefore the OCDEN fuse should be disabled if not needed.

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