Registers
1337
SPRUH82C – April 2013 – Revised September 2016
Copyright © 2013–2016, Texas Instruments Incorporated
Real-Time Clock (RTC)
27.3.15 Status Register (STATUS)
The STATUS register is shown in
and described in
.
NOTE:
Out of reset, the STATUS register is write-protected. To disable write protection, correct keys
must be written to the KICK
n
R registers (see
).
Figure 27-18. Status Register (STATUS)
31
16
Reserved
R-0
15
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Reserved
ALARM
DAYEVT
HREVT
MINEVT
SECEVT
RUN
BUSY
R-1
R/W1C-0
R-0
R-0
R-0
R-0
R-0
R-0
LEGEND: R = Read only; W1C = Write 1 to clear bit; -
n
= value after reset
Table 27-17. Status Register (STATUS) Field Descriptions
Bit
Field
Value
Description
31-7
Reserved
1
Reserved
6
ALARM
Indicates if an alarm interrupt has been generated. Write a 1 to clear the ALARM status.
0
No new alarm interrupt was generated.
1
New alarm interrupt was generated.
5
DAYEVT
When the (TIMER = 1) in the INTERRUPTS register, DAYEVT indicates if the DAYS register
incremented during the most recent time update.
0
DAYS register did not increment during the last time update.
1
DAYS register incremented during the last time update.
4
HREVT
When the (TIMER = 1) in the INTERRUPTS register, HREVT indicates if the HOURS register
incremented during the most recent time update.
0
HOURS register did not increment during the last time update.
1
HOURS register incremented during the last time update.
3
MINEVT
When the (TIMER = 1) in the INTERRUPTS register, MINEVT indicates if the MINUTES register
incremented during the most recent time update.
0
MINUTES register did not increment during the last time update.
1
MINUTES register incremented during the last time update.
2
SECEVT
When the (TIMER = 1) in the INTERRUPTS register, SECEVT indicates if the SECONDS register
incremented during the most recent time update.
0
SECONDS register did not increment during the last time update.
1
SECONDS register incremented during the last time update.
1
RUN
Indicates if RTC is running or stopped.
0
RTC is stopped.
1
RTC is running.
0
BUSY
Indicates if RTC is busy updating or is within 15
μ
s of updating the time and calendar registers.
0
RTC is free. The time, calendar, and control registers can be written to without contention.
1
RTC is or will soon be busy updating the time and calendar registers.