X1288 Datasheet, PDF (10/27 Pages) Xicor Inc. – 2-Wire RTC Real Time Clock/Calendar/CPU Supervisor with EEPROM

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Reading the Real Time Clock
The RTC is read by initiating a Read command and
specifying the address corresponding to the register of
the Real Time Clock. The RTC Registers can then be
read in a Sequential Read Mode. Since the clock runs
continuously and a read takes a finite amount of time,
there is the possibility that the clock could change during
the course of a read operation. In this device, the time is
latched by the read command (falling edge of the clock
on the ACK bit prior to RTC data output) into a separate
latch to avoid time changes during the read operation.
The clock continues to run. Alarms occurring during a
read are unaffected by the read operation.
Writing to the Real Time Clock
The time and date may be set by writing to the RTC reg-
isters. To avoid changing the current time by an uncom-
pleted write operation, the current time value is loaded
into a separate buffer at the falling edge of the clock on
the ACK bit before the RTC data input bytes, the clock
continues to run. The new serial input data replaces the
values in the buffer. This new RTC value is loaded back
into the RTC Register by a stop bit at the end of a valid
write sequence. An invalid write operation aborts the time
update procedure and the contents of the buffer are dis-
carded. After a valid write operation the RTC will reflect
the newly loaded data beginning with the SSEC register
reset to “0” at the next sub-second update after the stop
bit is written. The 1Hz frequency output from the
PHZ/IRQ pin will be reset to restart after the stop bit is
written. The RTC continues to update the time while an
RTC register write is in progress and the RTC continues
to run during any nonvolatile write sequences. A single
byte may be written to the RTC without affecting the
other bytes.
Accuracy of the Real Time Clock
The accuracy of the Real Time Clock depends on the
frequency of the quartz crystal that is used as the time
base for the RTC. Since the resonant frequency of a
crystal is temperature dependent, the RTC performance
will also be dependent upon temperature. The frequency
deviation of the crystal is a function of the turnover
temperature of the crystal from the crystal’s nominal
frequency. For example, a >20ppm frequency deviation
translates into an accuracy of >1 minute per month.
these parameters are available from the crystal
manufacturer. Intersil’s RTC family provides on-chip
crystal compensation networks to adjust load-
capacitance to tune oscillator frequency from +116 ppm
to –37 ppm when using a 12.5 pF load crystal. For more
detail information see the Application section.
CLOCK/CONTROL REGISTERS (CCR)
The Control/Clock Registers are located in an area
separate from the EEPROM array and are only
accessible following a slave byte of “1101111x” and
reads or writes to addresses [0000h:003Fh]. The
clock/control memory map has memory addresses from
0000h to 003Fh. The defined addresses are described in
the Table 1. Writing to and reading from the undefined
addresses are not recommended.
CCR Access
The contents of the CCR can be modified by performing
a byte or a page write operation directly to any address in
the CCR. Prior to writing to the CCR (except the status
register), however, the WEL and RWEL bits must be set
using a two step process (See section “Writing to the
Clock/Control Registers.”)
The CCR is divided into 5 sections. These are:
1. Alarm 0 (8 bytes; non-volatile)
2. Alarm 1 (8 bytes; non-volatile)
3. Control (4 bytes; non-volatile)
4. Real Time Clock (8 bytes; volatile)
5. Status (1 byte; volatile)
Each register is read and written through buffers. The
non-volatile portion (or the counter portion of the RTC) is
updated only if RWEL is set and only after a valid write
operation and stop bit. A sequential read or page write
operation provides access to the contents of only one
section of the CCR per operation. Access to another sec-
tion requires a new operation. Continued reads or writes,
once reaching the end of a section, will wrap around to
the start of the section. A read or write can begin at any
address in the CCR.
It is not necessary to set the RWEL bit prior to writing the
status register. Section 5 supports a single byte read or
write only. Continued reads or writes from this section
terminates the operation.
The state of the CCR can be read by performing a ran-
dom read at any address in the CCR at any time. This
returns the contents of that register location. Additional
registers are read by performing a sequential read. The
read instruction latches all Clock registers into a buffer,
so an update of the clock does not change the time being
read. A sequential read of the CCR will not result in the
output of data from the memory array. At the end of a
read, the master supplies a stop condition to end the
operation and free the bus. After a read of the CCR, the
address remains at the previous address +1 so the user
can execute a current address read of the CCR and con-
tinue reading the next Register.
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