bq4285E/L
2. Write new values to all the time, alarm, and
Programming the RTC
calendar locations.
The time-of-day, alarm, and calendar bytes can be written
in either the BCD or binary format (see Table 2).
3. Clear the UTI bit to allow update transfers.
On the next update cycle, the RTC updates all 10 bytes
in the selected format.
These steps may be followed to program the time, alarm,
and calendar:
1. Modify the contents of register B:
Square-Wave Output
a. Write a 1 to the UTI bit to prevent trans-
fers between RTC bytes and user buffer.
The bq4285E/L divides the 32.768kHz oscillator fre-
quency to produce the 1 Hz update frequency for the
clock and calendar. Thirteen taps from the frequency di-
vider are fed to a 16:1 multiplexer circuit. The output of
this mux is fed to the SQW output and periodic inter-
rupt generation circuitry. The four least-significant bits
of register A, RS0–RS3, select among the 13 taps (see
Table 3). The square-wave output is enabled by writing
a 1 to the square-wave enable bit (SQWE) in register B.
A 32.768kHz output may be selected by setting
OSC2–OSC0 in register A to 011 while SQWE = 1 and
32KE = 1.
b. Write the appropriate value to the data for-
mat (DF) bit to select BCD or binary format
for all time, alarm, and calendar bytes.
c.
Write the appropriate value to the hour
format (HF) bit.
Table 2. Time, Alarm, and Calendar Formats
Range
Binary-Coded
Decimal
Address
RTC Bytes
Decimal
0–59
Binary
0
1
2
3
Seconds
00H–3BH
00H–3BH
00H–3BH
00H–3BH
00H–59H
00H–59H
00H–59H
00H–59H
Seconds alarm
Minutes
0–59
0–59
Minutes alarm
0–59
01H–OCH AM;
81H–8CH PM
01H–12H AM;
81H–92H PM
Hours, 12-hour format
Hours, 24-hour format
Hours alarm, 12-hour format
1–12
0–23
1–12
4
5
00H–17H
00H–23H
01H–OCH AM;
81H–8CH PM
01H–12H AM;
81H–92H PM
Hours alarm, 24-hour format
Day of week (1=Sunday)
Day of month
0–23
1–7
00H–17H
01H–07H
01H–1FH
01H–0CH
00H–63H
00H–23H
01H–07H
01H–31H
01H–12H
00H–99H
6
7
8
9
1–31
1–12
0–99
Month
Year
5
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