X1203
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REAL TIME CLOCK REGISTERS
Year 2000 (Y2K)
The X1203 has a century byte that “rolls over” from 19
to 20 when the years byte changes from 99 to 00. The
Y2K byte can contain only the values of 19 or 20.
Day of the Week Register (DW)
This register provides a Day of the Week status and
uses three bits DY2 to DY0 to represent the seven days
of the week. The counter advances in the cycle 0-1-2-3-
4-5-6-0-1-2-... The assignment of a numerical value to
a specific day of the week is arbitrary and may be
decided by the system software designer. The Clock
Default values define 0=Sunday.
Clock/Calendar Registers (YR, MO, DT, HR, MN, SC)
These registers depict BCD representations of the time.
As such, SC (Seconds) and MN (Minutes) range from
00 to 59, HR (Hour) is 1 to 12 with an AM or PM indica-
tor (H21 bit) or 0 to 23 (with T24=1), DT (Date) is 1 to
31, MO (Month) is 1 to 12, YR (year) is 0 to 99.
24 Hour Time
If the T24 bit of the HR register is 1, the RTC will use a
24-hour format. If the T24 bit is 0, the RTC will use 12-
hour format and bit H21 will function as an AM/PM indi-
cator with a ‘1’ representing PM. The clock defaults to
Standard Time with H21=0.
Leap Years
Leap years add the day February 29 and are defined as
those years that are divisible by 4. Years divisible by
100 are not leap years, unless they are also divisible by
400. This means that the year 2000 is a leap year, the
year 2100 is not. The X1203 does not correct for the
leap year in the year 2100.
STATUS REGISTER (SR)
The Status Register is located in the RTC area at
address 003FH. This is a volatile register only and is
used to control the WEL and RWEL write enable
latches, read an optional Low Voltage Sense bit, and
read the two alarm bits. This register is logically seper-
ated from both the array and the Clock/Control Regis-
ters (CCR).
BAT: Battery Supply—Volatile
This bit set to “1” indicates that the device is operating
from V
BACK
, not V
CC
. It is a read only bit and is set/
reset by hardware.
AL1, AL0: Alarm bits—Volatile
These bits announce if either alarm 1 or alarm 2 match
the real time clock. If there is a match, the respective bit
is set to ‘1’. The falling edge of the last data bit in a SR
Read operation resets the flags. Note: Only the AL bits
that are set when an SR read starts will be reset. An
alarm bit that is set by an alarm occuring during an SR
read operation will remain set after the read operation
is complete.
RWEL: Register Write Enable Latch—Volatile
This bit is a volatile latch that powers up in the LOW
(disabled) state. The RWEL bit must be set to “1” prior
to any writes to the Clock/Control Registers. Writes to
RWEL bit do not cause a nonvolatile write cycle, so the
device is ready for the next operation immediately after
the stop condition. A write to the CCR requires both the
RWEL and WEL bits to be set in a specific sequence.
WEL: Write Enable Latch—Volatile
The WEL bit controls the access to the CCR during a
write operation. This bit is a volatile latch that powers
up in the LOW (disabled) state. While the WEL bit is
LOW, writes to the CCR or any array address will be
ignored (no acknowledge will be issued after the Data
Byte). The WEL bit is set by writing a “1” to the WEL bit
and zeroes to the other bits of the Status Register.
Once set, WEL remains set until either reset to 0 (by
writing a “0” to the WEL bit and zeroes to the other bits
of the Status Register) or until the part powers up
again. Writes to WEL bit do not cause a non volatile
write cycle, so the device is ready for the next operation
immediately after the stop condition.
RTCF: Real Time Clock Fail Bit—Volatile
This bit is set to a ‘1’ after a total power failure. This is a
read only bit that is set by hardware when the device
powers up after having lost all power to the device. The
bit is set regardless of whether V
first. The loss of one or the other supplies does not
result in setting the RTCF bit. The first valid write to the
RTC (writing one byte is sufficient) resets the RTCF bit
to ‘0’.
CC
or V
BACK
is applied
Unused Bits:
These devices do not use bits 3 or 4, but must have a
zero in these bit positions. The Data Byte output during
a SR read will contain zeros in these bit locations.
Table 2. Status Register (SR)
Addr
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
003Fh
Default
BAT
0
AL1
0
AL0
0
0
0
0
0
RWEL
0
WEL RTCF
0
0