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Product data sheet Rev. 7 — 19 December 2014 31 of 86
NXP Semiconductors
PCF2129
Accurate RTC with integrated quartz crystal for industrial applications
As a consequence of this method, it is very important to make a read or write access in
one go. That is, setting or reading seconds through to years should be made in one single
access. Failing to comply with this method could result in the time becoming corrupted.
As an example, if the time (seconds through to hours) is set in one access and then in a
second access the date is set, it is possible that the time may increment between the two
accesses. A similar problem exists when reading. A roll-over may occur between reads
thus giving the minutes from one moment and the hours from the next. Therefore it is
advised to read all time and date registers in one access.
Fig 16. Access time for read/write operations
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