I am wondering about the Tiny85 power consumption and methods.
I cannot find answers for the following questions in the datasheet, maybe I will find it here..
The 128Khz internal watchdog clock should use less power than the 8Mhz clock [choosing 128khz will not use the 8Mhz clock, which save power].
I am assuming 8Mhz with prescaler of 64 (gives 128khz) will be waste of power, right? I can just use the 128khz internal oscillator?
Theoretically, can I use the clock prescaler even with the 128Khz clock (CLKPR register)? If yes, I can set it to /256 = 500hz clock, which should save me some more power. In the real life I cannot do it, I need ADC, which the minimum prescaler is 2, so 128Khz will give me 64kHz at max, while the range of the ADC is 50-200khz which fit well. Am I right?
Another aspect is the output PORTs. Setting all of the output ports to be input should save some more. but Should I set them to 1 or 0 (in terms of pull up resistance) to save more power?
And last thing I need to clarify - Before powering down, I am disabling ADC in order to reduce consumption. I am setting ADEN to 0 on ADCSRA.
I read about PRR register on the datasheet and I saw I can shut TIMER0, TIMER1, USI, ADC.
Will it change the power down consumption?
Will PRR ADC shut down differ than ADCSRA disabling ADC?
Thanks.