AVR baud rate calculator (and fuse calculator)

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June 19th, 2008

Baud	UBRR	% of error
20 Mhz
300	4166	0.0
600	2082	0.0
1200	1041	0.0
2400	520	0.0
4800	259	0.2
9600	129	0.2
14400	86	0.2
19200	64	0.2
28800	42	0.9
38400	32	1.4
57600	21	1.4
76800	15	1.7
115200	10	1.4

Lady Ada Rants:

Yes, you could always use the datasheet and a calculator. But this sucks so much less.

http://www.wormfood.net/avrbaudcalc.php

Pair it with a AVR fuse calculator and you’ve solved 99% of your problems!