I2C & SPI Real-Time Clock/Calendar Sell Sheet

Serial Real-Time Clock/Calendar
Low-Cost Timekeeping Solution
Summary
Microchip’s portfolio of Real-Time Clock/Calendars
(RTCCs) offer low-cost system timekeeping solution. RealTime Clock/Calendars track time with resolutions as small
as 1/100th of a second and issue alarms on a wide variety
of time conditions.
The RTCC maintains accurate time through system
shutdowns by automatically switching over to an external
battery back-up source. RTCC’s are designed to operate
using a 32.768 kHz quartz crystal and can digitally
compensate for frequency variance caused by crystal
tolerance and temperature. Microchip RTCC’s have a I2C™
or SPI interface for configuration, reading and writing the
time. Additionally, alarm interrupt requests, square wave
output and system reset control signals are available on
dedicated pins.
Microchip’s RTCCs are available with a range of internal
memories including battery-backed SRAM, non-volatile
EEPROM and an additional area of protected EEPROM.
The protected EEPROM area is only writable after the
RTCC receives an unlock sequence and is available
pre-programmed with unique EUI-48™ or EUI-64™ MAC
address. Custom programming is also available.
SRAM
Transition
count event
detection*
EEPROM
Interrupt
or
Alarm
Debounced input*
Time Stamp
System
Controller
System reset*
Event Handler
WDT
Timekeeping
Serial Interface
*Optional
Available Reference Materials
■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ Hardware design guidance
Circuit schematics and gerber files
Characterized crystal recommendations
Code examples
Migration guides
Configuration directions
Debugging guides
User support forum
Key Features and Benefits
Features
Benefits
Automated timekeeping
Offload timekeeping tasks, including leap year management to the RTCC
Dual alarms
System controller can attend to other tasks and have the RTCC indicate a specific time has been reached
Battery back-up
Maintain time through system powerdowns and preserve SRAM contents
Time stamp
Capture the time when system power was lost and restored
Versatile clock-out/alarm/output pin
The RTCC can produce a squarewave for the system, or wake a processor from a low-power state on a time
match to indicate an alarm has occurred
64-bytes battery backed SRAM
Unlimited endurance non-volatile data storage for data that needs to be maintained through a shutdown
Digital oscillator trimming/calibration
Adjust for crystal frequency tolerance and drift to maintain accurate time
Up to 128-bit protected EEPROM area
Robust non-volatile storage. Only writable after an unlock sequence
Pre-programmed EUI MAC ID
Unique identifier in every device which can be used as a serial number or as a network MAC ID. Using a preprogrammed MAC ID avoids the expense of purchasing an ID block and serialized programming
Up to 2 Kb general purpose EEPROM
Long-term storage of parameters, system modes, calibration information and data through shutdowns
Watch-dog timer
Guards against the controller software getting trapped in a loop or awaiting an event
Debounced input event detect
Places the system controller in a low-power state and has the RTCC detect a true event from a noisy sensor
Transition count event detect
The RTCC can alert the system once it records a specific number of logic-level transitions on a signal, allowing
monitoring to be delegated to the RTCC
Low-Cost Real-Time Clock Calendar Portfolio
Pins
Interface
Battery
Back-up
Protected EEPROM
Area (bits)
Protected
EEPROM Contents
General Purpose
EEPROM (Kbits)
Watchdog Timer
and Event Detects
8
I2C™
–
–
N/A
–
–
8
2
IC
ü
–
N/A
–
–
MCP79400
8
2
IC
ü
64
–
–
–
MCP79401
8
I2C
ü
64
EUI-48
–
–
8
2
IC
ü
64
EUI-64
–
–
MCP79410
8
2
IC
ü
64
–
1
–
MCP79411
8
I2C
ü
64
EUI-48
1
–
MCP79412
8
2
IC
ü
64
EUI-64
1
–
MCP79510
10
SPI
ü
128
–
1
–
Product
MCP7940M
MCP7940N
MCP79402
MCP79511
10
SPI
ü
128
EUI-48
1
–
MCP79512
10
SPI
ü
128
EUI-64
1
–
MCP79520
10
SPI
ü
128
–
2
–
MCP79521
10
SPI
ü
128
EUI-48
2
–
MCP79522
10
SPI
ü
128
EUI-64
2
–
MCP795W10
14
SPI
ü
128
–
1
ü
MCP795W11
14
SPI
ü
128
EUI-48
1
ü
MCP795W12
14
SPI
ü
128
EUI-64
1
ü
MCP795W20
14
SPI
ü
128
–
2
ü
MCP795W21
14
SPI
ü
128
EUI-48
2
ü
MCP795W22
14
SPI
ü
128
EUI-64
2
ü
Power-Fail Time-Stamp
Development Tools from Microchip
Supply
Voltage
To support our Real-Time Clock/Calendar products, we
offer two PICtail™ daughter boards, each with a
characterized crystal oscillator circuit and an on-board
coin cell battery for use as a back-up supply. Compatible
code development platforms include the PICDEM™ PIC18
Explorer Board (DM183032) and the Explorer 16
Development Board (DM240001).
Loss of
system power
Battery
back-up
switch over
voltage
Time
Time captured
by power-fail
timestamp
Time captured
by power-up
timestamp
MCP79410 RTCC PICtail
Plus Daughter Board
(AC164140)
MCP795XX RTCC PICtail
Daughter Board
(AC164147)
www.microchip.com/clock
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