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|ShortDesc=Sets accelerated clock speed, reads actual speed.
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Read:
{| class="wikitable"
! Bit !! Function
|-
| 7-6 || Reserved
|-
| 5-4 || Current actual CPU speed
|-
| 3-2 || Reserved
|-
| 1-0 || Programmed CPU speed
|}
Write:
{| class="wikitable"
! Bit !! Function
|-
| 7-2 || Reserved, must be 0
|-
| 1-0 || Set CPU speed (soft reset = %00)
%00 = 3.5MHz
%01 = 7MHz
%10 = 14MHz
%11 = 28MHz (reserved for future, currently gets dropped to %10 14MHz)
|}


Bit 1-0 = turbo: %00 = 3.5MHz, %01 = 7MHz, %10 = 14MHz (%00 after PoR or Hard-reset).
The CPU throttling from 14MHz to 7MHz is not happening in core 3.0+ any more (but if any configuration would require it, or 28MHz mode will be implemented with throttling, it can be seen by reading bits 5-4).
 
When 14MHz turbo is used, and [[Layer 2]] is enabled (bit 1 {{PortNo|$123B}}), the 14MHz speed is used only when BORDER/VBLANK/HBLANK areas of screen image are generated, during PAPER (centre 256x192 pixel area of screen) the CPU speed is dropped down to 7MHz. With [[Layer 2]] disabled, 14MHz CPU speed is stable.
 
Reads actual CPU speed.

Revision as of 12:17, 11 November 2019

Number TBRegisterNumber::$07
Readable TBRegisterReadable::Yes
Writable TBRegisterWritable::Yes
Short Description ShortDesc::Sets accelerated clock speed, reads actual speed.

Read:

Bit Function
7-6 Reserved
5-4 Current actual CPU speed
3-2 Reserved
1-0 Programmed CPU speed

Write:

Bit Function
7-2 Reserved, must be 0
1-0 Set CPU speed (soft reset = %00)
%00 = 3.5MHz
%01 = 7MHz
%10 = 14MHz
%11 = 28MHz (reserved for future, currently gets dropped to %10 14MHz)

The CPU throttling from 14MHz to 7MHz is not happening in core 3.0+ any more (but if any configuration would require it, or 28MHz mode will be implemented with throttling, it can be seen by reading bits 5-4).