M41T81MY6 STMICROELECTRONICS [STMicroelectronics], M41T81MY6 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: M41T81MY6
• Description: Serial Access Real-Time Clock with Alarms
• Manufacturer: STMICROELECTRONICS [STMicroelectronics]

CLOCK OPERATION
The 20-byte Register Map (see Table 10, page 16)
is used to both set the clock and to read the date
and time from the clock, in a binary coded decimal
format. Tenths/Hundredths of Seconds, Seconds,
Minutes, and Hours are contained within the first
four registers.
Note: A WRITE to any clock register will result in
the Tenths/Hundredths of Seconds being reset to
“00,” and Tenths/Hundredths of Seconds cannot
be written to any value other than “00.”
Bits D6 and D7 of Clock Register 03h (Century/
Hours Register) contain the CENTURY ENABLE
Bit (CEB) and the CENTURY Bit (CB). Setting
CEB to a '1' will cause CB to toggle, either from '0'
to '1' or from '1' to '0' at the turn of the century (de-
pending upon its initial state). If CEB is set to a '0,'
CB will not toggle. Bits D0 through D2 of Register
04h contain the Day (day of week). Registers 05h,
06h, and 07h contain the Date (day of month),
Month and Years. The ninth clock register is the
Control Register (this is described in the Clock
Calibration section). Bit D7 of Register 01h con-
tains the STOP Bit (ST). Setting this bit to a '1' will
cause the oscillator to stop. If the device is expect-
ed to spend a significant amount of time on the
shelf, the oscillator may be stopped to reduce cur-
rent drain. When reset to a '0' the oscillator restarts
within one second.
The eight Clock Registers may be read one byte at
a time, or in a sequential block. The Control Reg-
ister (Address location 08h) may be accessed in-
dependently. Provision has been made to assure
that a clock update does not occur while any of the
eight clock addresses are being read. If a clock ad-
dress is being read, an update of the clock regis-
ters will be halted. This will prevent a transition of
data during the READ.
Note: When a power failure occurs, the HT Bit will
automatically be set to a '1.' This will prevent the
clock from updating the TIMEKEEPER
and will allow the user to read the exact time of the
power-down event. Resetting the HT Bit to a '0' will
allow the clock to update the TIMEKEEPER regis-
ters with the current time.
TIMEKEEPER
The M41T81 offers 20 internal registers which
contain Clock, Alarm, Watchdog, Flag, Square
Wave and Control data. These registers are mem-
ory locations which contain external (user accessi-
ble) and internal copies of the data (usually
referred to as BiPORT
external copies are independent of internal func-
tions except that they are updated periodically by
the simultaneous transfer of the incremented inter-
nal copy. The internal divider (or clock) chain will
be reset upon the completion of a WRITE to any
clock address.
The system-to-user transfer of clock data will be
halted whenever the address being read is a clock
address (00h to 07h). The update will resume ei-
ther due to a Stop Condition or when the pointer
increments to any non-clock address (08h-13h).
TIMEKEEPER and Alarm Registers store data in
BCD. Control, Watchdog and Square Wave Reg-
isters store data in Binary Format.
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