
NXP Semiconductors | UM10301 | 
  | User Manual PCF85x3, PCA8565 and PCF2123, PCA2125  | 
22. Contents
1.  | Introduction  | 3  | 
2.  | Features | 4  | 
3.  | Comparison  | 6  | 
3.1  | Event counter mode  | 6  | 
4.  | 8  | |
5.  | 8  | |
6.  | Oscillator  | 9  | 
6.1  | Oscillation allowance  | 15  | 
6.2  | Using an external oscillator  | 15  | 
7.  | Crystal and crystal selection  | 16  | 
7.1  | Modes which don’t work  | 17  | 
7.2  | Effect of temperature  | 17  | 
8.  | Capacitors and capacitor selection  | 19  | 
9.  | Accuracy  | 20  | 
10.  | Oscillator tuning  | 22  | 
10.1  | PCF2123 Offset register  | 24  | 
11.Century and leap year, Daylight Saving Time.25
11.1  | Century tracking  | 25  | 
11.2  | Year and leap year tracking  | 25  | 
11.3  | Daylight Saving Time (DST)  | 25  | 
12.  | Initialization and setting of alarm and timer....  | 26  | 
12.1  | Initialization of the RTC and setting the time ....  | 26  | 
12.2  | Alarm  | 27  | 
12.3  | Setting the timer  | 29  | 
13.  | Backup power supply  | 30  | 
13.1  | Lithium Primary cells  | 30  | 
13.2  | NiCd and NiMH secondary batteries  | 32  | 
13.3  | Capacitors  | 33  | 
13.3.1  | Charging the backup capacitor  | 34  | 
13.3.2  | Estimation of backup time with capacitor  | 34  | 
13.4  | Diode selection  | 35  | 
14.  | PCB layout guidelines  | 36  | 
15.  | Partial circuit switch down  | 38  | 
16.  | Hints to keep power consumption low  | 39  | 
17.First period inaccuracy when using the timer 43
18.  | Timing requirements for I2C read and write ....  | 45  | 
19.  | Troubleshooting  | 48  | 
19.1  | Oscillator startup time  | 48  | 
19.2  | Checking for oscillation  | 48  | 
19.3  | No communication via   | 49  | 
19.4  | Wrong time and date, wrong clock speed  | 50  | 
20.  | References  | 50  | 
21.  | Legal information  | 51  | 
21.1  | Definitions  | 51  | 
21.2  | Disclaimers  | 51  | 
21.3  | Trademarks  | 51  | 
22.  | Contents  | 52  | 
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Date of release: 23 December 2008
Document identifier: UM10301_1