Functional Description (Continued)

D0 – D1

These are the leap year counter bits These bits are

written to set the number of years from the previous leap

year The leap year counter increments on December 31st

and it internally enables the February 29th counter state

This method of setting the leap year allows leap year to

occur whenever the user wishes to thus providing flexibility

in implementing Japanese leap year function

LY1

LY0

Leap Year

Counter

0

0

Leap Year Current Year

0

1

Leap Year Last Year

1

0

Leap Year 2 Years Ago

1

1

Leap Year 3 Years Ago

D2

The count mode for the hours counter can be set to

either 24 hour mode or 12 hour mode with AMPM indicator

A one will place the clock in 12 hour mode

D3

This bit is the master StartStop bit for the clock When

a one is written to this bit the real time counter’s prescaler

and counter chain are enabled When this bit is reset to zero

the contents of the real time counter is stopped When the

RTC is initially powered up this bit will be held at a logic 0

until the oscillator starts functioning correctly after which

this bit may be modified If an oscillator fail event occurs

this bit will be reset to logic 0

D4

This bit controls the operation of the interrupt output in

standby mode If set to a one it allows Alarm Periodic and

Power Fail interrupts to be functional in standby mode Note

that the MFO pin is configured as open drain in standby

mode

If bit D4 is set to a zero then bits D0 – D5 of Interrupt Control

Register 0 and bits D6 and D7 of Interrupt Control Register

1 will be reset when the RTC enters the standby mode

They will have to be re-configured when system (VCC) pow-

er is restored

D5 – D7

General purpose RAM bits

OUTPUT MODE REGISTER

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D0 – D6

General purpose RAM bits

D7

This bit is used to program the signal appearing at the

MFO output as follows

D7

MFO Output Signal

0

Power Fail Interrupt

1

Buffered Crystal Oscillator

INTERRUPT CONTROL REGISTER 0

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D0 – D5

These bits are used to enable one of the selected

periodic interrupts by writing a one into the appropriate bit

These interrupts are issued at the rollover of the clock For

example the minutes interrupt will be issued whenever the

minutes counter increments In all likelihood the interrupt

will be enabled asynchronously with the real time change

Therefore the very first interrupt will occur in less than the

periodic time chosen but after the first interrupt all subse-

quent interrupts will be spaced correctly These interrupts

are useful when minute second real time reading or task

switching is required When all six bits are written to a 0 this

disables periodic interrupts from the Main Status Register

and the interrupt pin If battery backed mode is selected and

the DP8573A is in standby (VBB l VCC) then these bits are

controlled by D4 of the Real Time Mode Register

D6 and D7

General purpose RAM

INTERRUPT CONTROL REGISTER 1

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D0 – D5

Each of these bits are enable bits which will enable

a comparison between an individual clock counter and its

associated compare RAM If any bit is a zero then that

clock-RAM comparator is set to the ‘‘always equal’’ state

and the associated TIME COMPARE RAM byte can be used

as general purpose RAM However to ensure that an alarm

interrupt is not generated at bit D3 of the Main Status Regis-

ter all bits must be written to a logic zero

D6

In order to generate an external alarm compare inter-

rupt to the mP from bit D3 of the Main Status Register this

bit must be written to a logic 1 If battery backed mode is

selected and the DP8573A is in standby (VBB l VCC) then

this bit is controlled by D4 of the Real Time Mode Register

D7

The MSB of this register is the enable bit for the Power

Fail Interrupt When this bit is set to a one an interrupt will

be generated to the mP when VBB l VCC If battery backed

mode is selected and the DP8573A is in standby (VBB l

VCC) then this bit is controlled by D4 of the Real Time

Mode Register

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