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Abstract
User manual for the RTC I2C-bus demoboard OM11059A which contains
PCF85063TP and PCF85063ATL
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1. Introduction
The PCF85063x are a family of CMOS Real-Time Clocks (RTC) and calendar optimized
for low power consumption. Different features sets are available.
The two version of OM11059A are the ideal evaluation/demo boards to use in the design
phase of any project, just power and I2C-bus must be hooked up.
A separate demoboard and a user manual are available for the SPI-bus RTC
PCF85063BTL: OM11059 and UM10699.
2. Key features
There are two RTC variants of the PCF85063x RTC with I2C-bus:
PCF85063TP basic functionality with I2C-bus interface
PCF85063ATL enhanced functionality with I2C-bus interface
2.1 PCF85063TP
The PCF85063TP is a Real-Time Clock with very small form factor, counting seconds,
minutes, hours, days, weekdays, months, and years.
Electronic oscillator tuning
RAM: 1 Byte
Package: HWSON8 package: 2 x 3 x 0.5 mm
Interrupt: every 30 s or 60 s (e.g. for waking up the microcontroller)
Interface: 400 kHz I2C-bus
Fig 1. Block diagram of the PCF85063TP RTC
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2.2 PCF85063ATL
The PCF85063ATL is a Real-Time Clock with very small form factor, counting seconds,
minutes, hours, days, weekdays, months, and years.
Electronic oscillator tuning
RAM: 1 Byte
Package: HXSON10 package: 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.5 mm
Alarm control
Timer
Interrupt: every 30 s or 60 s, alarm, timer
Interface: 400 kHz I2C-bus
Clock out: enabled by pin or by software
Fig 2. Block diagram of the PCF85063ATL RTC
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3. Hardware set-up
3.1 General requirements f or t he RTCs PCF8 5063TP and PCF85063ATL
The RTC circuit just requires one external part: a tuning fork quartz as resonator. The
oscillation capacitors are integrated and therefore there is no need for external
capacitors. The quartz crystal must be placed close to the RTC circuit, avoiding long
lines which may pick up noise. Avoid any tracks with high frequency signals (fast edges)
close to the RTC, quartz, or quartz interconnect.
The interface is the standard Fast Mode I2C-bus, operating up to 400 kHz. Adjust pull-up
values to match the required interface speed keeping them as high impedance as
possible for power system saving. Ensure that the specified minimum requirements of
the hold times tLOW and tHIGH are fulfilled.
Supply voltage: The RTC is specified from 0.9 V to 5.5 V. The I2C-bus interface is
specified from 1.8 V to 5.5 V. It is recommended to have a decoupling capacitor on the
VDD-VSS rails close by.
Due to the low power consumption of below 1 μW, no precautions for heat dissipations
are required.
CLKOUT can be used to measure the frequency or be used as reference for frequency
generation with a PLL.
Fig 3. Inter f a cing to microcontro ller
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3.2 Demo board OM11059A (or i ginal version)
U1 = PCF85063TP, U2 = PCF85063ATL.
Fig 4. Picture of demo board OM11059A
The original version of OM11059A allows to easily demonstrate the operation of the
PCF85063x with I2C-bus interface. No need to solder the tiny package to a breadboard
100 mil connector for straight forward connections.
Both RTCs are on board and can be selected by setting the jumpers J1 and J2 (see Fig
5).
Fig 5. Jumper settings
On the market, there are quartzes with different load capacitance CL. 12.5 pF is most
common, 7 pF offers however lower power consumption. To evaluate the difference, the
PCF85063TP is connected to a quartz with CL=7 pF and the PCF85063ATL is connected
to a quartz with 12.5 pF. Also the VDD blocking capacitors are mounted (C1, C2).
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Straight forward interfacing:
- Set jumper to either PCF85063TP or PCF85063ATL
- Connect supply voltage (e.g. 3.3 V): VSS to pin 1, VDD to pin 2
- Connect I2C-bus (pull-up resistor needed): SCL to pin 3, SDA to pin 4
- Communicate to the RTC
Fig 6. OM11059A block diagram
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Fig 7. OM11059A schematic for PCF85063TP and PCF85063ATL
3.3 Demo board OM11059A (newer version)
U1 = PCF85063ATL.
Fig 8. Picture of PCF85063ATL demo board OM11059A
The 2nd version of OM11059A allows to easily demonstrate the operation of only the
popular PCF85063ATL with I2C-bus interface. No need to solder the tiny package to a
breadboard 100 mil connector for straight forward connections.
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Straight forward interfacing:
- Set jumper J1 for operation without current meter; jumper J2 & J3 used to invoke INT
and CLKOE
- Connect supply voltage (e.g. 3.3 V): VSS (GND) to pin 1, VDD to pin 2
- Connect I2C-bus (pull-up resistor needed): SCA to pin 3, SDL to pin 4
- Communicate to the RTC
Fig 9. OM11059A schemati c for PCF85063ATL
4. Software set-up
4.1 Functionality
The RTC PCF85063TP and PCF85063ATL are controlled via standard I2C-bus interface.
Common I2C protocol applies. The interface is the standard Fast Mode I2C-bus,
operating up to 400 kHz.
Theoretically there is no lower speed limit, however a read or write access to the RTC
must be finalized within one second after initiating it, otherwise time counter increments
could be lost. During access, the time registers of the RTC are frozen and after the read
or write sequence is completed, a seconds increment is executed if required.
The clock tracks the actual time from seconds to year. It must be initially set to the
correct time of the actual time zone. The days per month and leap year are corrected
automatically. Leap years are assumed whenever the year is dividable by 4.
The RTC can be programmed to generate an interrupt every 30 seconds or every
60 seconds.
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At address byte 03h is a general purpose RAM byte to store temporary information.
4.2 System testing
There is a fast mode facility to test the functionality of the RTC; it can be activated by
setting the EXT_TEST bit in the Control_1 word.
The RTC PCF85063x has a frequency tuning facility; its operation is explained in section
RTC tuning.
The RTC can stay switched on all the time. There is no need to restart or reset the clock.
4.3 Software instructi ons for setting the clock
4.3.1 Setting the time
Setting the clock to 3.45 pm December 15, 2011:
• I2C-bus S Start condition
• Slave address 1010 0010 write bit set
• Register address 0000 0000 address pointer to status word 0
• Status word 0 0000 0011 set 12 hour mode and select option for
12.5 pF quartz (for the PCF85063ATL)
0000 0010 set 12 hour mode and select option for
7 pF quartz (for the PCF85063TP)
• I2C-bus Repeated start condition
• Slave address 1010 0010 write bit set
• Register address 0000 0100 address pointer to seconds register
• Seconds 0000 0000 0 Seconds (clock integrity ok MSB OS = 0)
• Minutes 0100 0101 45 min
• Hours 0010 0011 PM, 3 (clock integrity ok OS = 0)
• Days 0001 0101 15th
• Weekdays 0000 0100 Thursday (4th day of the week)
• Month 0001 0010 December
• Year 0001 0001 (20)11
• I2C-bus P Stop condition
4.3.2 Reading the clock
• Reading the clock (2 minutes after writing)
• I2C-bus S Start condition
• Slave address 1010 0010 write bit set
• Register address 0000 0100 address pointer to seconds byte (4)
• I2C-bus Sr repeated start condition
• Slave address 1010 0011 read mode
• Read register 4,
seconds . . . . . . . . e.g. 56 Seconds, (clock integrity ok
OS = 0)
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• Minutes . . . . . . . . e.g. 45 (Minutes)
• Hours . . . . . . . . e.g. 03 (PM 03h)
• Days . . . . . . . . e.g. 15 (15th)
• Weekdays . . . . . . . . e.g. 04 (Thursday)
• Month . . . . . . . . e.g. 12 (December)
• Year . . . . . . . . e.g. 11 (20)11
• I2C-bus P Stop condition
5. RTC tuning
5.1 Frequency tuning
The 32 kHz quartzes are typically sold with a tolerance at room temperature of either
±10 ppm or ±20 ppm. 11.5 ppm corresponds to 1 s/day.
The quartzes require a characteristic load capacity of either 7 pF or 12.5 pF. Oscillators
utilizing 7 pF quartzes feature slightly lower power consumption, where the quartzes of
12.5 pF have largest production quantities. The tracks between quartz and RTC
represent also some parasitic capacitances and must be kept short.
The PCF85063 has a tuning facility where above tolerances can be compensated.
Tuning procedure:
• Measure the 32xxx Hz (f) signal at the CLKOUT pin.
• The offset is calculated in ppm as
Δf[ppm] = 106 × (f - 32768) / 32768
• Consult the offset table in the data sheet. Take the correction value and write it into
the register 02h.
• The correction is done by means of inhibition or addition: the oscillator runs at
constant speed, then every 2 hours (mode 0) 1 second is corrected to by making it
shorter or longer. This is not easily visible at the CLKOUT.
• Corrections can also be applied every 4 minutes by using mode 1. This mode will
consume slightly more power.
The 32 kHz quartzes are of the type tuning fork and feature a parabolic frequency
response over temperature. When the application is dominantly used over a limited
temperature range, it is often helpful to tune the frequency to be slightly higher at the
turn-over point. The error around 25 °C (clock goes too fast) is then compensated during
the time when temperature is lower or higher. For example, for operation between 5 °C
and 45 °C, tune the clock 8 ppm faster than the value for 25 °C would be. (See Fig 5.)
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(1) Characteristic if tuned to 32.768 kHz at 25 ºC.
(2) Characteristic if tuned with the positive offset Δfoff.
Fig 10. Temperature averaged over appli cat ion range 5 °C to 45 °C
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7. List of figures
Fig 1. Block diagram of the PCF85063TP RTC .......... 3
Fig 2. Block diagram of the PCF85063ATL RTC ........ 4
Fig 3. Interfacing to microcontroller ............................. 5
Fig 4. Picture of demo board OM11059A .................... 6
Fig 5. Jumper settings ................................................. 6
Fig 6. OM11059A block diagram................................. 7
Fig 7. OM11059A schematic for PCF85063TP and
PCF85063ATL .................................................. 8
Fig 8. Picture of PCF85063ATL demo board
OM11059A ........................................................ 8
Fig 9. OM11059A schematic for PCF85063ATL ......... 9
Fig 10. Temperature averaged over application range
5 °C to 45 °C ................................................... 12
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8. Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................... 3
2. Key features ......................................................... 3
2.1 PCF85063TP ..................................................... 3
2.2 PCF85063ATL ................................................... 4
3. Hardware set-up .................................................. 5
3.1 General requirements for the RTCs
PCF85063TP and PCF85063ATL ...................... 5
3.2 Demo board OM11059A (original version) ......... 6
3.3 Demo board OM11059A (newer version) ........... 8
4. Software set-up ................................................... 9
4.1 Functionality ....................................................... 9
4.2 System testing .................................................. 10
4.3 Software instructions for setting the clock ........ 10
4.3.1 Setting the time ................................................ 10
4.3.2 Reading the clock ............................................. 10
5. RTC tuning ......................................................... 11
5.1 Frequency tuning ............................................. 11
6. Legal information .............................................. 13
6.1 Definitions ........................................................ 13
6.2 Disclaimers ....................................................... 13
6.3 Trademarks ...................................................... 13
7. List of figures ..................................................... 14
8. Contents ............................................................. 15
