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What's more precise: UART via crystal or DCO?

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I'd like UART to be as reliable as possible. Since baud rate 9600 is semi-standart I'd prefer to stick with that value.

Which option has more precise timing?

1) LFXT1CLK (32k crystal) -> ACLK -> UART
2) DCO (1MHz) -> SMCLK -> UART

slau144 says #1 has error rate 15.2% / 21.3% (TX/RX)
and #2 has 0.7% / 0.8%.

But DCO by itself is less precise than the crystal. So which one to choose?

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