PIC24FJ16MC101_12 Datasheet, PDF (220/350 Pages) Microchip Technology – 16-bit Microcontrollers (up to 32 KB Flash and 2 KB SRAM)

PIC24FJ16MC101/102 AND PIC24FJ32MC101/102/104
21.1 RTCC Module Registers
The RTCC module registers are organized into three
categories:
• RTCC Control Registers
• RTCC Value Registers
• Alarm Value Registers
21.1.1 REGISTER MAPPING
To limit the register interface, the RTCC Timer and
Alarm Time registers are accessed through
corresponding register pointers. The RTCC Value
register window (RTCVALH and RTCVALL) uses the
RTCPTR bits (RCFGCAL<9:8>) to select the desired
timer register pair (see Table 21-1).
By writing the RTCVALH byte, the RTCC Pointer value,
RTCPTR<1:0> bits, decrement by one until they reach
‘00’. Once they reach ‘00’, the MINUTES and
SECONDS value will be accessible through RTCVALH
and RTCVALL until the pointer value is manually
changed.
TABLE 21-1:
RTCPTR
<1:0>
00
01
10
11
RTCVAL REGISTER MAPPING
RTCC Value Register Window
RTCVAL<15:8> RTCVAL<7:0>
MINUTES
WEEKDAY
MONTH
—
SECONDS
HOURS
DAY
YEAR
The Alarm Value register window (ALRMVALH and
ALRMVALL) uses the ALRMPTR bits
(ALCFGRPT<9:8>) to select the desired Alarm register
pair (see Table 21-2).
By writing the ALRMVALH byte, the Alarm Pointer
value, ALRMPTR<1:0> bits, decrement by one until
they reach ‘00’. Once they reach ‘00’, the ALRMMIN
and ALRMSEC value will be accessible through
ALRMVALH and ALRMVALL until the pointer value is
manually changed.
TABLE 21-2: ALRMVAL REGISTER
MAPPING
ALRMPTR
Alarm Value Register Window
<1:0>
ALRMVAL<15:8> ALRMVAL<7:0>
00
ALRMMIN
ALRMSEC
01
ALRMWD
ALRMHR
10
ALRMMNTH
ALRMDAY
11
—
—
Considering that the 16-bit core does not distinguish
between 8-bit and 16-bit read operations, the user must
be aware that when reading either the ALRMVALH or
ALRMVALL bytes will decrement the ALRMPTR<1:0>
value. The same applies to the RTCVALH or RTCVALL
bytes with the RTCPTR<1:0> being decremented.
Note: This only applies to read operations and
not write operations.
21.1.2 WRITE LOCK
In order to perform a write to any of the RTCC Timer
registers, the RTCWREN bit (RCFGCAL<13>) must be
set (refer to Example 21-1).
Note:
To avoid accidental writes to the timer, it is
recommended that the RTCWREN bit
(RCFGCAL<13>) is kept clear at any
other time. For the RTCWREN bit to be
set, there is only 1 instruction cycle time
window allowed between the 55h/AA
sequence and the setting of RTCWREN;
therefore, it is recommended that code
follow the procedure in Example 21-1.
EXAMPLE 21-1: SETTING THE RTCWREN BIT
MOV
MOV
MOV
MOV
MOV
BSET
#NVMKEY, W1
#0x55, W2
#0xAA, W3
W2, [W1]
W3, [W1]
RCFGCAL, #13
;move the address of NVMKEY into W1
;start 55/AA sequence
;set the RTCWREN bit
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