PLL Mode check in dsPIC33

[gary36]

Hi

I am currently using dsPIC33EV256GM106 and trying to experiment with the performance with and without PLL. My XTAL is 8MHz. I was trying with primary clock as well as FRC mode to compare the performance. I used the reference code from this link https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/70005131a.pdf ( example 7-1 and 7-2). To my surprise with PLL (in FRC mode), the timing performance is worst. I am trying to toggle a port based on delay. What is the problem?

Timing
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without PLL --output toggles in 44us
with PLL based on the code below--output toggles at 290 us
But with primary clock timing is same with or without PLL as 44us.

Here is my code (MPLABX IDE V3.00) for FRC

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#pragma config FNOC= FRC
#pragma config IESO= OFF
#pragma config POSCMD= NONE
#pragma config OSCIOFNC= OFF
#pragma config FCKSM= CSDCMD
 
 main()
{
PLLFBD=63;                      
CLKDIVbits.PLLPOST=0;                      
CLKDIVbits.PLLPRE=1;              //             
__builtin_write_OSCCONH(0x01);
__builtin_write_OSCCONL(OSCCON | 0x01);
while (OSCCONbits.COSC!= 0b001);
while (OSCCONbits.LOCK!= 1);
 
while(1)
{
  PORTCbits.RC11=1;
 delay();
  PORTCbits.RC11=0;
 delay();
}
 
void delay()
{
  char x;
for(x=0;x<10;x++){}
}

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[vishnu36]

Finally it worked based on the link https://www.microchip.com/forums/m903494.aspx