DS1302 Trickle-Charge Timekeeping Chip
COMMAND BYTE
Figure 4 shows the command byte. A command byte initiates each data transfer. The MSB (bit 7) must be a logic
1. If it is 0, writes to the DS1302 will be disabled. Bit 6 specifies clock/calendar data if logic 0 or RAM data if logic 1.
Bits 1 to 5 specify the designated registers to be input or output, and the LSB (bit 0) specifies a write operation
(input) if logic 0 or read operation (output) if logic 1. The command byte is always input starting with the LSB (bit 0).
Figure 4. Address/Command Byte
7
1
6
RAM
CK
5
A4
4
A3
3
A2
2
A1
1
A0
0
RD
WR
CE AND CLOCK CONTROL
Driving the CE input high initiates all data transfers. The CE input serves two functions. First, CE turns on the
control logic that allows access to the shift register for the address/command sequence. Second, the CE signal
provides a method of terminating either single-byte or multiple-byte CE data transfer.
A clock cycle is a sequence of a rising edge followed by a falling edge. For data inputs, data must be valid during
the rising edge of the clock and data bits are output on the falling edge of clock. If the CE input is low, all data
transfer terminates and the I/O pin goes to a high-impedance state. Figure 5 shows data transfer. At power-up, CE
must be a logic 0 until V
CC
> 2.0V. Also, SCLK must be at a logic 0 when CE is driven to a logic 1 state.
DATA INPUT
Following the eight SCLK cycles that input a write command byte, a data byte is input on the rising edge of the next
eight SCLK cycles. Additional SCLK cycles are ignored should they inadvertently occur. Data is input starting with
bit 0.
DATA OUTPUT
Following the eight SCLK cycles that input a read command byte, a data byte is output on the falling edge of the
next eight SCLK cycles. Note that the first data bit to be transmitted occurs on the first falling edge after the last bit
of the command byte is written. Additional SCLK cycles retransmit the data bytes should they inadvertently occur
so long as CE remains high. This operation permits continuous burst mode read capability. Also, the I/O pin is tri-
stated upon each rising edge of SCLK. Data is output starting with bit 0.
BURST MODE
Burst mode can be specified for either the clock/calendar or the RAM registers by addressing location 31 decimal
(address/command bits 1 through 5 = logic 1). As before, bit 6 specifies clock or RAM and bit 0 specifies read or
write. There is no data storage capacity at locations 9 through 31 in the Clock/Calendar Registers or location 31 in
the RAM registers. Reads or writes in burst mode start with bit 0 of address 0.
When writing to the clock registers in the burst mode, the first eight registers must be written in order for the data to
be transferred. However, when writing to RAM in burst mode it is not necessary to write all 31 bytes for the data to
transfer. Each byte that is written to will be transferred to RAM regardless of whether all 31 bytes are written or not.
CLOCK/CALENDAR
The time and calendar information is obtained by reading the appropriate register bytes. Table 2 illustrates the RTC
registers. 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 binary-coded decimal (BCD) format.
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