
Real-time clock (RTC)
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from low-power modes (STOP or Standby), since the shadow registers are not updated
during these modes.
When the BYPSHAD bit is set to 1, the results of the different registers might not be
coherent with each other if an RTCCLK edge occurs between two read accesses to the
registers. Additionally, the value of one of the registers may be incorrect if an RTCCLK edge
occurs during the read operation. The software must read all the registers twice, and then
compare the results to confirm that the data is coherent and correct. Alternatively, the
software can just compare the two results of the least-significant calendar register.
Note:
While BYPSHAD=1, instructions which read the calendar registers require one extra APB
cycle to complete.
38.3.9 Resetting
the
RTC
The calendar shadow registers (RTC_SSR, RTC_TR and RTC_DR) and some bits of the
RTC status register (RTC_ISR) are reset to their default values by all available system reset
sources.
On the contrary, the following registers are reset to their default values by a Backup domain
reset and are not affected by a system reset: the RTC current calendar registers, the RTC
control register (RTC_CR), the prescaler register (RTC_PRER), the RTC calibration register
(RTC_CALR), the RTC shift register (RTC_SHIFTR), the RTC timestamp registers
(RTC_TSSSR, RTC_TSTR and RTC_TSDR), the RTC tamper and alternate function
configuration register (RTC_TAMPCR), the RTC backup registers (RTC_BKPxR), the
wakeup timer register (RTC_WUTR), the Alarm A and Alarm B registers
(RTC_ALRMASSR/RTC_ALRMAR and RTC_ALRMBSSR/RTC_ALRMBR), and the Option
register (RTC_OR).
In addition, when it is clocked by the LSE, the RTC keeps on running under system reset if
the reset source is different from the Backup domain reset one (refer to the RTC clock
section of the Reset and clock controller for details on the list of RTC clock sources not
affected by system reset). When a Backup domain reset occurs, the RTC is stopped and all
the RTC registers are set to their reset values.
38.3.10 RTC
synchronization
The RTC can be synchronized to a remote clock with a high degree of precision. After
reading the sub-second field (RTC_SSR or RTC_TSSSR), a calculation can be made of the
precise offset between the times being maintained by the remote clock and the RTC. The
RTC can then be adjusted to eliminate this offset by “shifting” its clock by a fraction of a
second using RTC_SHIFTR.
RTC_SSR contains the value of the synchronous prescaler counter. This allows one to
calculate the exact time being maintained by the RTC down to a resolution of
1 / (PR 1) seconds. As a consequence, the resolution can be improved by
increasing the synchronous prescaler value (PREDIV_S[14:0]. The maximum resolution
allowed (30.52
μ
s with a 32768 Hz clock) is obtained with PREDIV_S set to 0x7FFF.
However, increasing PREDIV_S means that PREDIV_A must be decreased in order to
maintain the synchronous prescaler output at 1 Hz. In this way, the frequency of the
asynchronous prescaler output increases, which may increase the RTC dynamic
consumption.
The RTC can be finely adjusted using the RTC shift control register (RTC_SHIFTR). Writing
to RTC_SHIFTR can shift (either delay or advance) the clock by up to a second with a