Philips Semiconductors
Low power clock/calendar
Product specification
PCF8593
handbook, full pagewidth
MSB
LSB
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 memory location 00
MBD810
timer flag (50% duty factor
seconds flag if alarm
enable bit is 0)
alarm flag (50% duty factor
minutes flag if alarm
enable bit is 0)
alarm enable bit:
0 alarm disabled: flags toggle
alarm control register disabled
(memory locations 08 to 0F
can be treated as RAM)
1 enable Alarm Control register
(memory location 08 is the
Alarm Control register)
mask flag:
0 read locations 05 to 06
unmasked
1 read date and month count
directly
function mode :
00 clock mode 32.768 kHz
01 clock mode 50 Hz
10 event-counter mode
11 test modes
hold last count flag :
0 count
1 store and hold last count in
capture latches
stop counting flag :
0 count pulses
1 stop counting, reset divider
Fig.3 Control/status register.
1997 Mar 25
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