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Hi, I hope I'll get the answer here. Please tell me why do we divide by 32, when using the timer for serial communication to calculate the baud rate?

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The baud rate in bits/sec is the timer overflow frequency divided by 32. It has to be divided by some number because the timer works faster than the standard serial port baud rates. It;s divided by 16 if SMOD is set which doubles the baud rate.

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