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Chapter 4: LPC176x/5x Clocking and power control
4.6.6 PLL1 Feed register (PLL1FEED - 0x400F C0AC)
A correct feed sequence must be written to the PLL1FEED register in order for changes to 
the PLL1CON and PLL1CFG registers to take effect. The feed sequence is:
1. Write the value 0xAA to PLL1FEED.
2. Write the value 0x55 to PLL1FEED.
The two writes must be in the correct sequence, and there must be no other register 
access in the same address space (0x400F C000 to 0x400F FFFF) between them. 
Because of this, it may be necessary to disable interrupts for the duration of the PLL feed 
operation, if there is a possibility that an interrupt service routine could write to another 
register in that space. If either of the feed values is incorrect, or one of the previously 
mentioned conditions is not met, any changes to the PLL1CON or PLL1CFG register will 
not become effective.
 
4.6.7 PLL1 and Power-down mode
Power-down mode automatically turns off and disconnects activated PLL(s). Wake-up 
from Power-down mode does not automatically restore PLL settings, this must be done in 
software. Typically, a routine to activate the PLL, wait for lock, and then connect the PLL 
can be called at the beginning of any interrupt service routine that might be called due to 
the wake-up. It is important not to attempt to restart a PLL by simply feeding it when 
execution resumes after a wake-up from Power-down mode. This would enable and 
connect the PLL at the same time, before PLL lock is established.
If activity on the USB data lines is not selected to wake the microcontroller from 
Power-down mode (see Section 4.8.8
 for details of wake up from reduced modes), both 
the Main PLL (PLL0) and the USB PLL (PLL1) will be automatically be turned off and 
disconnected when Power-down mode is invoked, as described above. However, if the 
USB activity interrupt is enabled and USB_NEED_CLK = 1 (see Table 191
 for a 
description of USB_NEED_CLK), it is not possible to go into Power-down mode and any 
attempt to set the PD bit will fail, leaving the PLLs in the current state.
Table 34. PLL1 Feed register (PLL1FEED - address 0x400F C0AC) bit description
Bit Symbol Description Reset 
value
7:0 PLL1FEED The PLL1 feed sequence must be written to this register in order for 
PLL1 configuration and control register changes to take effect.
0x00
31:8 - Reserved, user software should not write ones to reserved bits. The 
value read from a reserved bit is not defined.
NA