NXP Semiconductors
UM10301
User Manual for PCF85x3, PCF85x63, PCA8565, PCF2123, and
PCA21125
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Date of release: 23 July 2015
Document identifier: UM10301
24. Contents
Introduction ......................................................... 3
Features ............................................................... 4
Comparison ......................................................... 6
Event counter mode ........................................... 6
Power-on reset (POR) ......................................... 8
Voltage-low detector ........................................... 8
Oscillator .............................................................. 9
Oscillation allowance ........................................ 15
Using an external oscillator .............................. 15
RTC family PCF85x63, PCF8563, PCF8564A,
PCA8565, PCF8523 ......................................... 15
PCF2123 .......................................................... 16
PCF8583 and PCF8593 ................................... 16
Crystal and crystal selection ............................ 16
Modes which don’t work ................................... 17
Effect of temperature ........................................ 17
Capacitors and capacitor selection ................. 19
Accuracy ............................................................ 20
Oscillator tuning ................................................ 22
PCF2123 Offset register................................... 24
Century and leap year, Daylight Saving Time . 25
Century tracking ............................................... 25
Year and leap year tracking ............................. 25
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ............................. 25
Initialization and setting of alarm and timer .... 26
Initialization of the RTC and setting the time .... 26
Alarm ................................................................ 27
Setting the timer ............................................... 29
Backup power supply ....................................... 30
Lithium Primary cells ........................................ 30
NiCd and NiMH secondary batteries ................ 32
Capacitors ........................................................ 33
Charging the backup capacitor ......................... 34
Estimation of backup time with capacitor ......... 34
Diode selection ................................................. 35
PCB layout guidelines ...................................... 36
Partial circuit switch down ............................... 38
Hints to keep power consumption low ............ 39
First period inaccuracy when using the timer 43
Troubleshooting ................................................ 48
Oscillator startup time ...................................... 48
Checking for oscillation .................................... 48
C-bus ......................... 49
Wrong time and date, wrong clock speed......... 50
References ......................................................... 50
Legal information .............................................. 51
Definitions ......................................................... 51
Disclaimers ....................................................... 51
Trademarks ...................................................... 51
List of figures ..................................................... 52
List of tables ...................................................... 53
Contents ............................................................. 54