Microchip Technology MA330018 Data Sheet

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© 2007-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS70291G-page  309
dsPIC33FJ32MC302/304, dsPIC33FJ64MCX02/X04 AND dsPIC33FJ128MCX02/X04
25.0 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND 
CALENDAR (RTCC) 
This chapter discusses the Real-Time Clock and 
Calendar (RTCC) module, available on 
dsPIC33FJ32MC302/304,  dsPIC33FJ64MCX02/X04 
and dsPIC33FJ128MCX02/X04 devices, and its 
operation. 
The following are some of the key features of this 
module:
• Time: hours, minutes and seconds
• 24-hour format (military time)
• Calendar: weekday, date, month and year
• Alarm configurable
• Year range: 2000 to 2099
• Leap year correction
• BCD format for compact firmware
• Optimized for low-power operation
• User calibration with auto-adjust
• Calibration range: ±2.64 seconds error per month
• Requirements: External 32.768 kHz clock crystal
• Alarm pulse or seconds clock output on RTCC pin
The RTCC module is intended for applications where 
accurate time must be maintained for extended periods 
of time with minimum to no intervention from the CPU. 
The RTCC module is optimized for low-power usage to 
provide extended battery lifetime while keeping track of 
time.
The RTCC module is a 100-year clock and calendar 
with automatic leap year detection. The range of the 
clock is from 00:00:00 (midnight) on January 1, 2000 to 
23:59:59 on December 31, 2099.
The hours are available in 24-hour (military time) 
format. The clock provides a granularity of one second 
with half-second visibility to the user.
FIGURE 25-1:
RTCC BLOCK DIAGRAM
Note 1: This data sheet summarizes the features 
of the dsPIC33FJ32MC302/304, 
dsPIC33FJ64MCX02/X04 and 
dsPIC33FJ128MCX02/X04 family of 
devices. It is not intended to be a 
comprehensive reference source. To 
complement the information in this data 
sheet, refer to Section 37. “Real-Time 
Clock and Calendar (RTCC)”
(DS70301) of the “dsPIC33F/PIC24H 
Family Reference Manual
”, which is 
available from the Microchip web site 
(
www.microchip.com
).
2: Some registers and associated bits 
described in this section may not be 
available on all devices. Refer to 
 in 
this data sheet for device-specific register 
and bit information.
RTCC Prescalers
RTCC Timer
Comparator
Compare Registers
Repeat Counter
with Masks
RTCC Interrupt Logic
RCFGCAL
ALCFGRPT
Alarm
Event
32.768 kHz Input
from S
OSC
0.5s
RTCC Clock Domain
Alarm Pulse
RTCC Interrupt
CPU Clock Domain
RTCVAL
ALRMVAL
RTCC Pin
RTCOE