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PCF85063, OM13515, evaluation, demo board, how to get started, I2C-
bus, RTC, Real-Time Clock, tuning
User manual for the evaluation board OM13515. It uses the low power
RTC PCF85063AT with I2C-bus interface
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1. Introduction
The PCx85063 are a family of CMOS Real-Time Clocks (RTC) and calendar optimized
for low power consumption. Different features sets are available.
The OM13515 is the ideal evaluation/demo board to use in the design phase of any
project, just power and I2C-bus must be applied.
Separate demo boards and user manuals are available for
RTC PCF85063TP/PCF85063ATL – OM11059A and UM11698
RTC with SPI-bus PCF85063BTL – OM11059 and UM10699
2. Key features
There are four RTC variants of the PCF85063x RTC with I2C-bus:
PCF85063AT, PCF85063ATT – enhanced functionality with I2C-bus interface
PCA85063ATT – enhanced functionality with I2C-bus interface AEC-Q100 qualified
automotive grade
PCF85063ATL – enhanced functionality with I2C-bus interface with clock enable input
PCF85063TP – basic functionality with I2C-bus interface
2.1 PCx85063AT, PCF85063ATT
The PCx85063A 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:
− PCF85063AT: SO8
− PCF85063ATT: TSSOP8
− PCA85063ATT: TSSOP8, automotive grade, −40 °C to +105 °C
• Alarm control
• Timer
• WatchDog
• Interrupt:
− every 30 s or 60 s
− alarm
− timer
− WatchDog
• Interface: 400 kHz I2C-bus
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Fig 1. Block diagram of the PCx85063A
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3. Hardware set-up
3.1 General requirements f o r the RTCs PCx85063A
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 the
values of the pull-up resistors to match the required interface speed keeping them as
high impedance as possible for power savings reasons. 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 2. Interfacing to the microcontroller
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3.2 Demo board OM13515
Fig 3. Picture of demo board OM13515
The OM13515 allows easily demonstrating the operation of the PCx85063A with I2C-bus
interface. No need to solder the tiny package to a breadboard 100 mil connector for
straight forward connections.
To visualize the interrupt an LED (D1) is mounted. To minimize the power consumption it
can be switched off by removing the jumper J2.
To measure the current consumption just replace jumper J1 by a µA-meter.
The market offers quartzes with different load capacitances: CL= 12.5 pF is most
common, CL= 7 pF as used on the board, offers however lower power consumption.
Straight forward interfacing:
• 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 4, SDA to pin 3
• Connect interrupt and or CLKOUT if required
• Communicate with the RTC
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Fig 4. OM13515 circuit diagram
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4. Graphical User Interface with OM13518 USB-I²C-bus dongle
4.1 USB-I²C dongle
Details are described in the user manual UM10789.
The OM13518 dongle is a ready to run module. It creates a virtual COM-port via an USB
connection. It provides three I²C-bus connections with 5 V option to power the application
(max 450 mA).
Power consumption: module/total: <50 mA/max 500 mA
I²C-bus clock frequency: 245 Hz – 400 kHz
USB driver for Windows: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
Size: 50 mm × 40 mm × 15 mm
Fig 5. A) Dongle OM13518, B) connected to an evaluation board
4.2 Software GUI
The software control via a GUI allows a fast start to communicate to the different circuits.
Aside from the detailed GUI pages for the Real-Time Clocks, a UNIVERSAL
INTERFACE allows to communicate with any I²C-bus device by entering directly the hex
codes. Example: s A2 28 p
Where s stands for the I²C START and p for the I²C STOP condition.
There are 2 GUI versions:
USB_I2C_GUI_85063TP for the PCF85063TP RTC with basic features, no alarm facility
USB_I2C_GUI_85063A for the full featured PCx85063A RTC
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Fig 6. GUI-page example: Time Alarm settings
5. Software set-up
5.1 Functionality
The RTC PCx85063A is controlled via a standard Fast Mode I2C-bus interface, 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 number of 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. Interrupts can also be generated by the alarm facility, the timer and the
WatchDog.
At address byte 03h a general purpose RAM byte is ideal to store temporary information.
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5.2 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.
5.3 Software instructi ons for setting the clock
5.3.1 Setting the time
Setting the clock to 3.45 pm December 15, 2014:
I2C-bus S START condition
Slave address 1010 0010 address pointer to status
word 0
Register address 0000 0000 address pointer to status
word 0
Status word 0 0000 0010 set 12 hour mode and
select option for 7 pF quartz
I2C-bus Sr Repeated START condition
Slave address 1010 0010 R/ W = 0, write mode
Register address 0000 0100 address pointer to Seconds
register, address 4h
Seconds 0000 0000 0 seconds (clock integrity
ok MSB OS = 0)
Minutes 0100 0101 45 min
Hours 0010 0011 PM, 3
Days 0001 0101 15th
Weekdays 0000 0001 Monday (1st day of the
week)
Month 0001 0010 December (12th month)
Year 0001 0100 (20)14
I2C-bus P STOP condition
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5.3.2 Reading the clock
Reading the clock (2 minutes after writing)
I2C-bus S START condition
Slave address 1010 0010 R/ W = 1, read mode
Register address 0000 0100 address pointer to Seconds
register
I2C-bus Sr repeated start condition
Slave address 1010 0011 read mode
Read register 4 e.g. 56 seconds, (clock
integrity ok OS = 0)
Minutes e.g. 47 (Minutes)
Hours e.g. 23 (PM, 03h)
Days e.g. 15 (15th)
Weekdays e.g. 01 (Monday)
Month e.g. 12 (December)
Year e.g. 14 (20)14
I2C-bus P STOP condition
6. RTC tuning
6.1 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. Program the CAP_SEL bit in register
Control_1 accordingly. 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.
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• 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. (Fig 7)
(1) Characteristic if tuned to 32.768 kHz at 25 ºC.
(2) Characteristic if tuned with the positive offset Δfoff.
Fig 7. Temperature averaged over appl ication range 5 °C to 45 °C
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7. References
[1] AN11247 - Improved timekeeping accuracy with PCF85063, PCF8523 and
PCF2123 using an external temperature sensor
[2] UM10301 - User Manual for NXP Real Time Clocks PCF85x3, PCA8565 and
PCF2123, PCA2125
[3] UM10789 - USB-I²C-bus interface OM13518 with a GUI for the RTCs
[4] PCF85063A - Tiny Real-Time Clock/calendar with alarm function and I²C-bus, data
sheet
[5] PCF85063TP - Tiny Real-Time Clock/calendar and I²C-bus, data sheet
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9. List of figures
Fig 1. Block diagram of the PCx85063A ..................... 4
Fig 2. Interfacing to the microcontroller ....................... 5
Fig 3. Picture of demo board OM13515 ...................... 6
Fig 4. OM13515 circuit diagram .................................. 7
Fig 5. A) Dongle OM13518, B) connected to an
evaluation board ............................................... 8
Fig 6. GUI-page example: Time Alarm settings .......... 9
Fig 7. Temperature averaged over application range
5 °C to 45 °C ................................................... 12
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10. Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................... 3
2. Key features ......................................................... 3
2.1 PCx85063AT, PCF85063ATT ............................ 3
3. Hardware set-up .................................................. 5
3.1 General requirements for the RTCs PCx85063A5
3.2 Demo board OM13515 ....................................... 6
4. Graphical User Interface with OM13518 USB-
I²C-bus dongle ..................................................... 8
4.1 USB-I²C dongle .................................................. 8
4.2 Software GUI ...................................................... 8
5. Software set-up ................................................... 9
5.1 Functionality ....................................................... 9
5.2 System testing .................................................. 10
5.3 Software instructions for setting the clock ........ 10
5.3.1 Setting the time ................................................ 10
5.3.2 Reading the clock ............................................. 11
6. RTC tuning ......................................................... 11
6.1 Frequency tuning ............................................. 11
7. References ......................................................... 13
8. Legal information .............................................. 14
8.1 Definitions ........................................................ 14
8.2 Disclaimers ....................................................... 14
8.3 Trademarks ...................................................... 14
9. List of figures ..................................................... 15
10. Contents ............................................................. 16