IDT1338B-31
REAL-TIME CLOCK WITH BATTERY BACKED NON-VOLATILE RAM
RTC
RTC and RAM Address Map
The address map for the RTC and RAM registers shown in Table 3. The RTC registers and control register are located in
address locations 00H to 07H The RAM registers are located in address locations 08H to 3FH. During a multibyte access,
when the register pointer reaches 3FH (the end of RAM space) it wraps around to location 00H (the beginning of the clock
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space). On an I C START, STOP, or register pointer incrementing to location 00H, the current time and date is transferred to
a second set of registers. The time and date in the secondary registers are read in a multibyte data transfer, while the clock
continues to run. This eliminates the need to re-read the registers in case of an update of the main registers during a read.
Table 3. RTC and RAM Address Map
Address
00H
Bit 7
CH
0
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Function
Seconds
Minutes
Range
00 - 59
00 - 59
10 seconds
10 minutes
AM/PM
Seconds
01H
Minutes
Hour
1 - 12
+ AM/PM
00 - 23
02H
0
12/24
10 hour
0
Hours
10 hour
03H
04H
05H
06H
07H
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Day
Day
Date
1 - 7
10 date
Date
Month
Year
01 - 31
01 - 12
00 - 99
0
10 month
Month
10 year
OSF
Year
OUT
0
SQWE
0
RS1
RS0
Control
RAM 56 x 8
08H -
3FH
00H - FFH
Note: Bits listed as “0” should always be written and read as 0.
Clock and Calendar
Table 3 shows the address map of the RTC registers. The
time and date information is obtained by reading the
appropriate register bytes. The time and calendar are set or
initialized by writing the appropriate register bytes. The
contents of the time and calendar registers are in the BCD
format. Bit 7 of Register 0 is the clock halt (CH) bit. When
this bit is set to 1, the oscillator is disabled. When cleared to
0, the oscillator is enabled. The clock can be halted
whenever the timekeeping functions are not required, which
date registers, the user buffers are synchronized to the
internal registers on any start or stop, and when the address
pointer rolls over to zero. The countdown chain is reset
whenever the seconds register is written. Write transfers
occurs on the acknowledge pulse from the device. To avoid
rollover issues, once the countdown chain is reset, the
remaining time and date registers must be written within one
second. If enabled, the 1 Hz square-wave output transitions
high 500 ms after the seconds data transfer, provided the
oscillator is already running.
decreases V
current.
BAT
The day-of-week register increments at midnight. Values
that correspond to the day of week are user-defined but
must be sequential (i.e., if 1 equals Sunday, then 2 equals
Monday, and so on). Illogical time and date entries result in
undefined operation.
Note that the initial power-on state of all registers,
unless otherwise specified, is not defined. Therefore, it
is important to enable the oscillator (CH = 0) during
initial configuration.
The IDT1338B-31 runs in either 12-hour or 24-hour mode.
Bit 6 of the hours register is defined as the 12-hour or
24-hour mode-select bit. When high, the 12-hour mode is
selected. In the 12-hour mode, bit 5 is the AM/PM bit, with
When reading or writing the time and date registers,
secondary (user) buffers are used to prevent errors when
the internal registers update. When reading the time and
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