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Clock operation M41T62, M41T63, M41T64, M41T65
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3.1 RTC registers
The M41T6x user interface is comprised of 16 memory mapped registers which include
clock, calibration, alarm, watchdog, flags, and square wave control. The eight clock
counters are accessed indirectly via a set of buffer/transfer registers while the other eight
registers are directly accessed. Data in the clock and alarm registers is in BCD format.
Figure 20. Buffer/transfer registers
Updates
During normal operation when the user is not accessing the device, the buffer/transfer
registers are kept updated with a copy of the RTC counters. At the start of an I
2
C read or
write cycle, the updating is halted and the present time is frozen in the buffer/transfer
registers.
Reads of the clock registers
By halting the updates at the start of an I
2
C access, the user is ensured that all the data
transferred out during a read sequence comes from the same instant in time.
32KHz
OSC
DIVIDE BY
32768
1 Hz
READ / WRITE
BUFFER
TRANSFER
REGISTERS
I
2
C
I
2
C
INTERFACE
CENTURIES
YEARS
MONTHS
DATE
DAY-OF-WEEK
HOURS
MINUTES
SECONDS
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
COUNTER
2
CLOCK COUNTERS ARE
ACCESSED INDIRECTLY
THRU BUFFER/TRANSFER
REGISTERS
FLAGS
NON-CLOCK
REGISTERS
CALIBRATION
WATCHDOG
NON-CLOCK REGISTERS
ARE DIRECTLY ACCESSED
DATA TRANSFERRED
OUT OF I
2
C INTERFACE
ON 8
th
FALLING EDGE
OF SCL (ON WRITES)
ON WRITES, DATA TRANSFERRED
FROM BUFFERS TO COUNTERS
WHEN ADDRESS POINTER
INCREMENTS TO 8 OR WHEN I
2
C
STOP CONDITION IS RECEIVED
AT START OF READ, UDATES FROM COUNTERS
ARE HALTED AND PRESENT TIME IS FROZEN
IN BUFFER/TRANSFER REGISTERS.
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