DS1553 Overview
The DS1553 is a full-function, year-2000pliant (Y2KC) real-time clock/calendar (RTC) with an RTC alarm, watchdog timer, power-on reset, battery monitor, and 8k x 8 nonvolatile static RAM. User access to all registers within the DS1553 is acplished with a byte-wide interface as shown in Figure 1. The RTC registers contain century, year, month, date, day, hours, minutes, and seconds data in 24-hour BCD format.
DS1553 Key Features
- Integrated NV SRAM, RTC, Crystal, Power-Fail Control Circuit, and Lithium Energy Source
- Clock Registers are Accessed Identically to the Static RAM; These Registers are Resident in the 16 Top RAM Locations
- Totally Nonvolatile with Over 10 Years of Operation in the Absence of Power
- Precision Power-On Reset
- Programmable Watchdog Timer and RTC Alarm
- BCD-Coded Year, Month, Date, Day, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds with Automatic Leap Year pensation Valid Up to the Year 21
- Battery Voltage Level Indicator Flag